The militant arm of Hamas

I got a chuckle out of Bush’s use of the phrase “the militant arm of Hamas.” What is there some grand distinction? Is Hamas fighting an internal civil war between two factions? No. It’s just Hamas.

Leave it to Europe to have lunatic ideas that wars must be fought in “proportional”
Russia, France, Britian, and Italy have all buy into the theory. What they really mean though is that it’s Israel’s fault to begin with and they wish the Jews would abandon Israel and move to somewhere that is not their country.

If a man broke into your house and threatened your wife with a knife and you were smart enough to own a gun, would you A) shoot the robber or B) goto the kitchen and get a knife?

So what exactly would the Europeans have in mind as a proportional response? Should Israel launch rocket attacks on civilian populations in Lebanon? Should they kidnap people?

PARIS (AFP) - World powers have pleaded for restraint to stop the fiercest Israeli-Lebanese clashes in a decade slipping into all-out war.
President George W. Bush blamed "terrorists who want to stop the advance of peace", while fellow UN Security Council members Russia and France condemned
Israel's "disproportionate" use of force.
"Hezbollah doesn't want there to be peace, the militant arm of Hamas doesn't want there to be peace, and those of us who do want peace will continue to work together to encourage peace," Bush said.....
Russia, France, Britain and Italy criticised Israel for its "disproportionate" use of force....In Paris, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy described the Israeli army strikes on Lebanon as a "disproportionate act of war", ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman, when asked specifically about Israel's military response to the abductions, said: "The British government hopes that actions will be proportionate." ...
Greece called on Israel to avoid the use of "inordinate" and "pointless" violence in Lebanon, and on the Lebanese movement Hezbollah to release two Israeli soldiers.