No fair

Here’s a quote that came to mind when I read an article about the war in Gaza, where it seems those pesky Arabs might no longer be so obligingly eviscerated and de-limbed by IDF helicopters.

From the TV character Edmund Blackadder

“I did like it [soldiering] in the old days, back when the prerequisite of a British campaign was that the enemy should under no circumstances carry guns. Even spears made us think twice.... The kind of people we liked to fight were two feet tall and armed with dried grass.... No, when I joined up, I never imagined anything as awful as this war. I had 15 years of military experience, perfecting the art of ordering a pink gin and [mastering the intricacies of propositioning local women in their native tongue], and then, suddenly, a half million Germans hove into view....”

Here’s the news article

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1212041438188

Now, there's a crowd that says that Israel should be allowed to do whatever is necessary to defend itself. I partly side with that crowd, as the possition does make sense, but that same sensibility cuts both ways.