West’s reaction to attack on Lebanon was pitiful

THE reaction of the west to the Israeli offensive in Lebanon was pitiful.

As the number of fatalities in southern Lebanon grew, the US and its allies refused either to call for a ceasefire or to condemn the Israelis for targeting civilian areas.

The UN was unable to condemn the killing of its own soldiers which, in the view of some commentators, was deliberate. In his essay, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell stated that “political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”.