The Israeli Terror Force
Lately many news reports have referred to the occupying Israeli army in Southern Lebanon as the Israeli Defense Force or "IDF." Such reference is a clear case of propaganda and represents an act of deliberate deception by the Israeli government. Calling an army occupying another country's territory for over 13 years a defense force is despicable and contrary to common sense. By the same token, one could call the Israeli army occupying the West Bank and Gaza, the IDF. Or one could have referred to the occupying Soviet army in Afghanistan as the Soviet Defense Force. To validate this reference, another question needs to be asked: What is the army in question defending? What was the Soviet army defending in Afghanistan? The only thing it was defending was its occupying troops and Russian colonial and expansionist interests in the region. The same holds true for the Israeli army currently occupying Southern Lebanon. The Israeli army is terrorizing the peace-loving people of Lebanon on a daily basis. Through indiscriminate bombing of civilian targets and illegal land confiscations, the Israeli army is trying to assimilate the Southern part of Lebanon into greater Israel. Such actions are not the actions of a "defense force." Of all the euphemisms that we hear today, the Israeli Defense Force is the most repulsive.