"...the rate of TOTAL casualties in tiny, compared to the ACCEPTED number of Georgians killed by Russians in the near past. THAT was ok to many of those here who protest the Israeli action, but have been silent about the Hamas attacks on civilians."


same logic....comparing YOUR Ox to Oxen being gored, or which you speculate 'might' have been gored at other times & places and under other circumstances.

Anyway...at THIS moment there are large protests at the Israeli embassies in Athens & London, and the UN Secretary-General is getting involved.

And...the White House (Bush?) has demanded (CNN's words) that Hamas stop firing rockets into Israel.