Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
Do you support Hezbollah?
Why on earth would you ask that? If I'm not a rabid supporter of Israel, that must mean I'm a terrorist, RIGHT?????
Jesus! Of COURSE I'm not a supporter of Hezbollah! Or Hamas! Or Israel! Or Iran! Or Trump! Or any of the other myriad assholes who have been creating "God's Monkey House" for the last 23 centuries!
Would you ask that question of any of your friends? Ever? If she criticized Israel, would you say, "Well, you must support Hamas and Hezbollah and the PLO and the Dark Lord of the Sith!"?
Here's my take, Candy: EVERYONE'S in the wrong here. There are no good guys. There is no moral high ground. There is no one who HASN'T engaged in pointless murder, given the middle finger to the idea of peace, and made the lives of ordinary folks miserable--all while blowing trillions of dollars that could have been used to fix at least some of what's wrong.
But here's the thing: to the extent that the government of Lebanon is weak and ineffectual, I understand why Hezbollah is in charge. And I understand why the Lebanese people are caught between a rock and a hard place. The vast majority of them just want to live their lives.
So sorry, I'm not going to say to Israel, "Your ancestors died in the Holocaust, so that gives you a free pass to rain flaming death down on anyone you don't like." I know that Republicans say exactly that.