[lbo-talk] Re: Why Bomb UN Observers?

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Joanna asked "Why bomb UN observers?" She continued, "One puzzlement: why is

Israel bombing UN observers? What can be the point of that?

A lot of speculation followed. Colin Brace opined "a signal to third parties

not to send in peace-keeping forces" and "a massive "fuck you" to the 
international community"  Carl Remick pronounced "The Israelis seem to have 
some sort of obsessive-compulsive bombing disorder.  They just *have* to 
bomb, somebody anybody, constantly:.." Daniel Davis said that that reason 
would be "you are planning on doing something that you don't want the UN to 
observe" but pointed out that it has not been conclusively proved that the 
bombing was on purpose.

[WS:] While we are speculating, add another conjecture, which btw makes a
lot of sense when one thinks about it - it was a favor to the big brothers
in the Bush administration that has been busy for a long time bashing the UN
in general.  It makes sense because it sheds some light on the possible
nature of this entire escalation of hostilities - as a proxy war on Iran
waged by the US and contracted out to the IDF.  This is suggested by the
timing of it, that strangely coincides with the Bush administration's saber
rattling against Iran (discussed at length at this list not long ago) and
departs from the usual pattern of border skirmishes in the past that
scarcely received any response from the IDF.

This whole focus on Israel reminds me of a dog that bites a cane that hits
it, instead of going for the throat of the man who wields it.  Destroy or
incapacitate the United States, and this whole conflict will sort itself out
in no time.

Wojtek