israel does not exist in a vacuum....

[pelsar]

lets try again.....the UK has shot an innocent person due to mistaken identity in broad daylight....and now the headlines in yahoo read:

"UK police say more innocents could die in bomb hunt

LONDON (Reuters) - British police say more members of the public could be shot in error as they escalate their battle against terrorism and hunt for four men who tried to set off explosions on London's transport system last week."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050725/ts_nm/security_britain_dc

but I cant say I've ever read such a headline in israel....saying before an operation..well we might kill some innocents..buts its OK.....(btw its called the "ticking bomb" syndrom)

I do not by any means wish bad upon English Citizens....and I hope they get those 'criminals er militants er (whats the PC word used in England?)" but for all the lambasting the IDF gets for its various mistakes....and my impression is that its "always guilty".....a comparison is inevitable.

specifically the shooting of the two britiish citizens in Gaza.....am I not allowed to compare the shooters?..the young 19yr old IDF soldier killing the ISM volunteer vs the more experienced london squad killing the innocent brazillian...may we conclude that it was an intentional hit and not a mistaken identity? Didnt they follow him for quite sometime? anybody here from England?

If anybody here has an open mind and is willing to compare, the IDF comes out in the relative world of fighting terrorism as being balanced.

but then the only way to honestly look at that is through comparison: comparing to the French responses (shooting from helicopters in to crowds)
the US using artillary in faluja
the brits?....shooting at close range an innocent civilian (after only 8 bombs!)

I cant say that deep (ok not too deep) there is a feeling of "ok now lets see how "you guys like it and lets see how you fight terrorism within your population)....lets see how many civil rights your "bulldoze over".

and of the different environments?.....fighting terrorism is about exactly that, the environment is constantly changing, hence one can still compare...