Do Hezbollah Supporters Have Moments of Doubt & Shame?

Pro-Hezbollah supporters must be hanging their heads in the utmost shame and degradation because Human Rights Watch has published reports condemning Hezbollah’s tactic of using cluster bombs when deliberately targeting Israeli civilians during the recent Israel-Lebanon. Taken from an Ynet News report:

Lebanese Hizbullah guerrillas fired cluster rockets into civilian areas of northern Israel during the recent war, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday. Israel has itself been condemned by the New York-based group and other campaigners for its use of cluster bombs during the 34-day conflict.

Human Rights Watch said it had been told by Israeli police of more than 100 documented cases of cluster rocket strikes. Hizbullah made no immediate comment.

I am not surprised by the lack of comment from Hezbollah. I expect Nasrallah the Compassionate is probably so choked up with the infamy of it that he is rendered absolutely speechless. Or not - as the case is more likely to be.

I admit to a certain fascination with this very modern concept that there can be rules and international laws crafted to waging war which will transcend tradition, culture or politics. Perhaps, between two or more similar societies and traditions but… there is no way one can draft a one size fits all convention on ways to conduct warfare and have a reasonable expectation of it not being openly flaunted by a tradition or culture that is innately and radically dissimilar.

There is only one military tradition that can transcend traditional and cultural political lines in warfare that I know of, and it is this; the only acceptable outcome to waging war is victory because all else is merely subterfuge.