Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza: U.S. military chief

[Mosby]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The highest-ranking U.S. military officer said on Thursday that Israel went to "extraordinary lengths" to limit civilian casualties in the recent war in Gaza and that the Pentagon had sent a team to see what lessons could be learned from the operation.

Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged recent reports criticizing civilian deaths during the 50-day Gaza war this year but told an audience in New York he thought the Israel Defense Forces "did what they could" to avoid civilian casualties.

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-tried-limit-civilian-casualties-gaza-u-military-221446068.html

[MFM008]

1. except for all that blowing stuff up

im sure they were succesful.... oh wait.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. They tried really hard, but they just sucked at it. nt

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. They just couldn't help it, those UN refugee camps were in the wrong place at the wrong time

And the boys playing soccer on the beach too.

[Jefferson23]

4. Timing is everything. n/t

[King_David]

5. Nobody will ever "believe" that about A Jewish State,

Certainly not people who ignore the 160 children who died digging tunnels for Hamas.

And certainly not from the "remember the Irgun" or "remember the USS Liberty" or the "but but AntiSemitism is antiPalestinian or antiHamas because they are Semites too" crowd.