The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy

31-Jul-2006

Defeat Via Fear of Collateral Damage

Filed under: EthicsForeign PolicyCURRENT ISSUES — eidelberg @ 10:07 pm Edit This

[Edited transcript of the Eidelberg Report, Israel National Radio, July 31, 2006.]

When speaking of “collateral damage” or military attacks resulting in civilian casualties, notice that this concept does not seem to apply to any nation other than Israel. Remarkable how Israel alone is blamed for “disproportionate” force against aggression. Hezbollah doesn’t worry about such hypocrisy if only because such notions are foreign to Islam.

Whereas Israel deliberately locates its military bases away from civilian population centers, Hezbollah deliberately locates their weaponry in densely populated areas, even in hospitals, schools and mosques. (more…)

This Pastor Has Guts!

Filed under: BELIEFS & PERSPECTIVES — eidelberg @ 9:57 pm Edit This

by Maggie Scott

This Pastor has guts!! Thought you might enjoy this interesting Prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems Prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. (more…)