First, the serious stuff and a few talking points:
Hezbollah has sent THOUSANDS of missiles and drones into Northern Israel in the past 11 months (on July 4 alone, over 200 rockets and drones were sent from Hezbollah), effectively pushing back the border of the country and causing over 60,000 Israelis to be displaced from their homes. Hezbollah has acted totally indiscriminately--a missile does not distinguish between a combatant and a civilian. While I desperately pray for peace in, and for, our beautiful country, to my mind, exploding beepers and walkie-talkies that are in the hands of bad guys seems like the least bad all the bad alternatives.
And is it just me or have other people made the connection that JK Rowling had this as a Harry Potter plot line with the "dark mark" showing up on Voldemort's troops? Like, seriously, WHAT is the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon doing with a Hezbollah pager?! He's from Iran, so let's assume he's not winning any Boy Scout award, but seriously?!
As Col. Richard Kemp (former commander of British troops in Afghanistan) said, "It's hard to think of a more precise and discriminating method of attack than detonating pagers known to be specifically assigned to individual terrorists, using devices that limit the potential for collateral damage. I doubt any widespread military arrack in history in civilian areas has ever been so precisely targeted". Read the full article here: https://www.
But I know what you're hoping for (at least some of you): the irreverent take on this. Well, here you go:
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