Tom, God bless you, never let up. Keeps the rest of us

1 - Amused, or
2 - Busy, or
3 - Irritated, and/or
4 - Wondering.

Do you remember 9-11, when the towers went down? The first estimates were 8,000 dead, then close to 9,000, and I remember one public figure saying we'd be lucky to keep it under 10,000.

Then it was 6,000. Then 5,000. And it's worked it's way down to 3,000.

No one is saying "only" 3,000. I would be outraged to read someone point out the Americans always exaggerate, they lie, look at their claims of 10,000 dead, and then say it was "only" 3,000. One death would have been too many.

The first numbers are always wrong. Always wrong. Doesn't matter if it's an earthquake, ship sinking, plane crash, or whatever. Always.

The slaughter of any civilians in Jenin defending their homes was excusable. And you don't know how many because the Israelis are not interested in a credible investigation, and have not reported on the captives they have.

Nablus was 75 dead, 25 actively defending their homes. 50 innocent, or 54, depending. The Israelis don't argue with the figures.

By discounting, minimizing, excusing the slaughter of civilians you are putting yourself in the same place as someone who would say it was "only" 3,000, after the Americans claimed 10,000. One is too many.

This "it was not 500, turned out to be much fewer, HA HA", well, I'll leave it at that.

Arf