Israelis Bomb the UN!

Reuters reports that the Israelis were warned about the danger that their attacks represented to the United Nations force in the region. Here’s the report, via the New York Times: Irish Officer Warned Israel on Threat to U.N. Staff The Irish Foreign Ministry is the source being quoted so I imagine this is genuine. If it is: why did the Israelis persist? Killing four UN troops is hardly the kind of thing that will endear them to the international community. Not that Israel pays much attention to the UN. They have the US veto, in the person of the mad John Bolton, to protect them from any recriminations there.

Naturally the Israelis have “apologized” for the “error” and will conduct an “investigation”. Tony Snow says that “of course the attack wasn’t deliberate”. Well now, don’t we all feel much better. Those nice Israelis have apologized for killing four totally innocent and unarmed people, who had repeatedly warned them of their presence. Killed them with a precision guided missile no less. But by accident. I assume we are to believe that the missile wasn’t accurately guided. Or maybe that the Israelis who answered the six phone calls warning them about the presence of the UN troops were deaf. Six times deaf. Or maybe incompetent. Or just plain stupid. Anyway there’s going to be an enquiry and no doubt the “error” will be proven to be just that. Yes I know I feel much better.