Monday, February 23, 2009

civilian casualties

Subject: The British Interviewer and Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with British Television this week.
I guess it can be attributed to Minister Netanyahu's days studying
history at Harvard.

The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Palestinians have
been killed in this conflict than Israelis?" (A nasty question if
there ever was one!)

Netanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?"

Interviewer: Why not?

Netanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than
British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind
that the war was caused by Germany's aggression.

And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out
the entire city of Dresden, burning to death more Ge rman civilians
than the number of people killed in Hiro shima.

Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to
bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed
their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83
little children . Perhaps you have another question?"

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