Civilian Casualties, Part II

... unlike conventional armies, Hezbollah doesn't keep its weapons in armories. It hides them in the homes of supporters, in remote valleys and caves, and in small factories and industrial workshops scattered across Lebanon, according to Israeli and Lebanese military experts and the group itself. Ardent members willing to die for the movement are assigned to protect these sites, many of which are said to be booby-trapped.

--from the Wall Street Journal, via Belmont Club

Just a postscript to yesterday's post, following up on the "civilian casualty" meme a bit more. Once again, if "civilians" like Hezbollah routinely use innocent "human shields" (which they do) and hide their weapons, onesy-twosy, in mom's and dad's house, of COURSE there will be "civilian casualties" when the Israelis go to take out the weapons. The snippet above describes just such a scenario. It is always important to keep things like this in mind when we are showed babies killed by the Israelis. Yes, the baby was killed, and this is a terrible thing. But what was big brother storing in the basement?