Can someone please explain to me what Yoel Marcus means when he says, "Killing children is a matter of politics" in his Ha'aretz article titled, "It's not Israel's fault it has a strong, well-run army"?
The line after that goes: "Some of the countries now denouncing us have shed many liters of innocent blood." So maybe it's OK for those other countries to have killed children, too…
Later: "The operation is being run very wisely, with everything possible being done to spare the lives of our soldiers…" Right: our children are different.
Then: "The smartest move now is not to give in to the bleeding hearts who have lost their nerve…" O.K. Got it now. Killing children is a matter of politics.
