tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937364119224274938.post2774881299301160506..comments2023-09-18T16:43:04.094+01:00Comments on Matthew Harris for Hendon: Colonel Kemp's UN testimony on GazaMatthew Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06894528321388582099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937364119224274938.post-41238173228924585442009-10-25T14:39:41.187+00:002009-10-25T14:39:41.187+00:00Colonel Kemp claimed 'Israel did more to safeg...Colonel Kemp claimed 'Israel did more to safeguard civilians in a war-zone than any other army in the history of warfare'.<br /><br />I find the claim preposterous. A simple example of an army doing more than Israel in Gaza 2009 is when Israel entered Jenin in Operation Defensive Shield in 2002. Israel then used more foot-soldiers rather than bombing indiscriminately from the air.<br /><br />While I believe that Israel did not act 'more' immorally than the Americans and British troops in Iraq (for example), I still think that had the several hundred dead civilians been Israelis, there would've been a national outcry in Israel. Furthermore, being 'less immoral' is similar to being 'less of a prostitute' in the famous anecdote of George Bernard Shaw - http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=11508.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821228852574446282noreply@blogger.com