Israel's War Crime

Liberal leadership hopeful, Michael Ignatieff, spoke his mind. In politics, that's suicide. He described Israel's attack on Qana as a "war crime." That prompted much brouhaha from inside the Liberal party and prompted Prime Minister Stephen Harper to declare Ignatieff as being "anti-Israel." I don't know what Ignatieff was thinking -- being a politician, he probably refrains from doing much of it -- but regardless of how he may feel about the bombing, the situation between the Palestinians and Israelis and killing people in general -- his comment sparked much revulsion from politicians of all stripes. It has also been made much of in the media.

There is something terribly wrong with the world when Israel is treated with kid-gloves by politicians. When is being critical of Israel being "anti-Israel?" Just what does "anti-Israel" mean? And just why isn't one allowed to be "anti-Israel?" Israel's right to exist is not in question -- but let's face it -- every raid into Palestine does nothing to bring peace, build goodwill and ease tensions in the region. If anything, Israel continues to make it a more dangerous place for its own citizens by making it too easy for Arab moderates to turn radical. Regardless of why Ignatieff said what he said -- and there's probably no reason -- there's absolutely no reason for him to be sorry about it. If Harper would get his head out of Bush's ass, he'd realize that Israel doesn't always play nice.