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You can delete this message once you've noticed it but I believe the link to this thread is supposed to read, "Cameron backs Hague's criticisms of Israel." Not Cameron backs Israel's criticisms of Israel." Not trying to be a smart arse just thought i'd point it out.

"Anyone who saw those pictures of the results of the terrible bombing of Qana couldn't, I think, come to any other conclusion than that some elements of the Israeli response were disproportionate."

Eh? Where has he been? More to the point, what's he been reading?

Get a grip, Dave.

(I am trying not to become alarmed by this ignorance. No - forget that. I am alarmed.)

I'm delighted he has broken his holiday to say something eminently sensible that nearly all of the british people agree with, and is right.

You can't win this war without winning a hearts and minds campaign, and you can't win that without speaking out when children are bombed. His words were very carefully selected, and I'm delighted he's said this.

Notting Hill dwelling cheese-eating surrender monkey.

In short, Dave's gone LibDem on defence.

I'm sure he thinks this is a obvious spin to keep the LibDems onside, so OK Dave, if you are indeed a candid friend, surely you need to detail not just what you think your friend is doing wrong, but how you think they should have behaved (to make the response 'proportional')?

Otherwise,at a time when Israel is under a barrage of rocket attacks, it receives a phone call from Notting Hill telling them they are misbehaving? I'm sure they appreciate the 'constructive' thought!

When a British Labour Prime Minister is in agreement with Conservative friends in the USA, Canada and Australia and the leader of the Conservative Party in Britain is in disagreement with such allies, instead backing corrupt bureaucrats in the EU and UN there’s something seriously wrong. By siding with the EU over the US, Australia and Canada Cameron is an embarrassment internationally. Unless this is a one-off I know my support for Cameron is pretty tenuous.

It’s depressing how silent Israel’s critics are on her provokers in Hezbollah, Iran and Syria. Their inability to grasp the basic fact that Israel’s enemies are operating from areas with a high concentration of civilians, rendering Israel’s aim of minimising civilian casualties difficult is frustrating. And their muted criticism of Hezbollah and Iran is outright disgusting. The only thing disproportionate meanwhile is the unfair criticism of Israel.

Littlejohn, although lacking the eloquence of the excellent Melanie Philips made some good points in a recent article;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_article_id=399003&in_page_id=1787

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