[willgetsome]

While Bush gives the standard line to the media about preventing the death of children and condeming Israel for a "heavy-handed" attack, Israel will still get our support and behind closed doors we congratulate them for killing the Hamas leader.

[xzins]

If we're going to congratulate the Israelis behind closed doors, why can't we find a middle ground between that and condemnation in our PUBLIC statements?

Why can't we just "regret" the loss of civilian lives?