A proportionate response by Israel would be a war crime

A targeted response is not

In the WSJ, former and, maybe, future Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu writes:

The charge that Israel is using disproportionate force is equally baseless. Does proportionality demand that Israel fire 6,000 rockets indiscriminately back at Gaza? Does it demand an equal number of casualties on both sides? Using that logic, one would conclude that the United States employed disproportionate force against the Germans because 20 times as many Germans as Americans died in World War II.

Great response. Israel cannot use the enemy's tactics against the enemy; that is terrorism and a war crime. The truth is defeating the enemy is the only proportionate response to aggression.

[0] comments [178] Views | Permalink | [0] TrackBack |