This isn't my usual kind of ranty post, but I need to get this off my chest.
The pager explosions story. Why is the western media treating this as shrewd politics? For instance, Jeremy Bowen on the BBC "A tactical triumph for Israel". Axios and Al-Monitor "It was a use it or lose it moment, says a US official".
The deliberate injuring, maiming, and killing of civilians is not clever politics. This is wrong; ethically, morally and legally.
How can anyone condone this?
My thought for #Today
@justinfarrimond As someone else pointed out earlier, can you imagine what could have happened if one of these devices was on a commercial flight when it detonated?
@ianm My word, I'd never even thought of that. The damage that could've been done!
@justinfarrimond @ianm
Cell phone devices are supposed to be turned off when on airplanes.
This attack was narrowly targeted at terrorists via the actual weapons they were carrying, pagers to stay in contact with Hezbollah leaders. It will go down in the annals of military history as one of the most effective attacks against an aggressor so I understand why there is some admiration for it coming from war correspondents and such.
@GreenFire @ianm Narrowly targeted? Pagers are weapons?
Oh dear.