Human Rights Watch: Completely Clueless

Another Clueless voice heard from:

The carnage, which comes 10 years after Israeli forces killed more than 100 civilians in Qana during Operation Grapes of Wrath, prompted Human Rights Watch to rush out a two-page statement accusing the Israeli Defense Forces of war crimes in advance of a longer report that will be published later this week. Responsibility for the deaths rested "squarely" with the Israeli military, HRW said. It was the latest product of a bombing campaign that the IDF has waged in Lebanon over the past 18 days, leaving hundreds of people dead, the vast majority of them civilians.

The rights group called on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish an International Commission of Inquiry to investigate serious violations of international law in Lebanon. "To date," it said, "Israel has not presented any evidence to show that Hezbollah was present in or around the building that was struck at the time of the attack."

"Qana was not a mistake," said Peter Bouckaert, HRWÂ’s Emergencies Director and one of two HRW researchers currently in Lebanon. "It was not an accident. It was the natural outcome of a policy of not distinguishing between civilian and military targets. If you have a daily small massacre of civilians youÂ’re going to end up with a big one sooner or later."

Need I say more?

Human Rights Watch appears to only see the outrage toward Israel defending itself and the collateral damage. They completely fail to condemn Hezbollah in their responsibility for the deaths. That complete imbalance in their statement makes it clear to me that these people are complete idiots.

You can read the rest, but the logic is not in touch even with the lack luster reporting that has reached the public here in the US.