Friday February 10, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan recently condemned Israel's targeted killings of terrorist leaders as "executions without trial."
If only he paid attention to nuance, rather than generalizations, Annan would understand the difference between targeted killings by Israel and executions.

Over the past week Israel has seen a serious increase in terrorist activity. In the aftermath of one attack, Israel successfully captured twelve suicide bombers.
By interrogating these captives Israel receives fresh intel that they can act on immediately in the hope of preventing or subverting the next terrorist attacks.

YES, the terrorists are not tried, but the attacks are NOT vengeance.
They attacks are a way of preventing future attacks and of destroying the command control apparatus of terrorist networks.

Targeted attacks are one of the only tools that a democracy has with which to combat terror.
I wonder. Would Annan prefer that Israel simply play the quiet victim?