Reply #75: False logic

[funnymanpants]

>>There have been literally thousands of aerial sorties and artillery bombardments, and the identification of even several dozen incidents that may well have been violations of the law is hardly so damning as some would prefer to present it as.

That is false logic. Human Rights Watch cannot investigate every incident. Your post makes it sound like they investigated thousands of sorties and only came up with a few violations. What if found is a pattern of violations in the cases it investigated.

As far as interviewing the Israelis, the Israelis won't let it happen if history is an indication. As I posted below, Israeli refused to do allow an investigation into Jenin. Likewise, Israel refuses to follow the Hague's ruling that the wall it is building is illegal and should be torn down.

I don't know why you think Human Rights Watch is biased against the use of force. In your own post you state "the organization commendably states that it identified a number of instances that were clearly legitimate attacks." Human Rights Watch knows international law a bit better than you do, sir, and they know that force is allowed in war, but not force that targets civilians.

Beyond this, your post is full of vague generalities. I am going to trust Human Rights Watch over generalizations, obviously, especially since every human rights group in the world that has looked at Israel's behavior--Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the UN Human Rights Commission, Doctors without borders, B'Tsleem (based in Israel) and a Palestinian human rights organization have found Israel guilty of grave breaches in human rights. For example, in 2000 the UN Human Rights Commission found Israel guilty of "deliberate killing" and "torture." The report was approved by over 140 nations, with only the US and Israel voting not to approve. I really don't think 140 nations are wrong.