Israeli Military Ignorance/Ignorant

Peace keepers of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) were fired at and killed after the Israeli army failed to heed warnings from an Irish army officer on six separate occasions. The army officer warned them that they were shelling close to UNIFIL bases in the region but alas, the warnings fell on deaf ears. As Kofi Annan condemns Israel, as he and many others have done numerous times in the past, Israel ignored the fact, saying that Annan was erroneous to imply that the army had any deliberate intentions to target the workers. 2 things. Annan wasn’t implying anything; he said Israel was deliberately targeting the humanitarian workers. Also, how many times does someone have to tell you that you’re hitting UN workers before you listen; obviously more than 6 if you’re Irish. This is becoming just like the activists in Gaza who are being shot at, jailed and killed, being silenced. Annan called for an investigation into the incident. Okay that’s good, we should see the results in 20 or so odd years, when he investigates Sabra and Shatila. A Canadian, Maj. Paeta Derek Hess-von Kruedener, was killed in the Israeli attack, or presumed missing (ie. killed). And our own Steven Harper, well his position is easy to guess. He doesn’t believe the attack to have been deliberate. In a CBC article, Harper said he not only wants to know ‘why the UN post was attacked’, but also why ’it remained manned during what is now, more or less, a war.’ Because they’re a peace keeping force Steven. You don’t send a force into a place where it’s not needed, that’s wasting resources. And I guess Steven Harper only showed his concerned for the Canadian soldier two weeks after Israel invaded. It took him that long to figure out this would be a war. Please take a look at this article as I think it’s important for people to read. It can be found on the CBC’s website here.