Re: Anti-US bullshit, was Re: Obstacles

Plus,  I always thought "all was fair in love and war".

Mike Looney - ionet wrote:

> Allan Goodall wrote:
>
> > The Israeli attack on the Iraqi nuclear facility in the early 80s
> was
> > against
> > the rules of warfare. They were not at war with Iraq and attacked a
> > civilian
> > facility. I happen to agree with the decision, as it is quite
> obvious
> > why Iraq
> > wanted that nuke plant, but it was still strictly speaking an
> illegal
> > act as
> > considered by the Geneva Convention. It's not the only illegal act
> > committed
> > by Israelis during warfare. David didn't mention the war in Lebanon
> in
> > the
> > early 80s, but could have.
>
> Point of Order:
> A state of war exists between Israel and all Arab nations except Egypt
>
> and Jordan.  This is left over from 1948.   The fact that they stop
> shooting at each other every once and a while tends to mask the fact
> that they are in fact "at war", so the Iraqi strike was, in fact, with
>
> in the letter of the law.
>
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