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"Even in his critics most brutal estimation, Sharon is "responsible" for the deaths of a tiny fraction of the numbers killed by Yasir Arafat, the Assads of Syria, the ruling family of Saudi Arabia, Mubarak and Nasser in Egypt, even George Bush of America. Where's the outrage about that?"
Excuse me? So the defense of Sharon is that he only committed 'little bitty' war crimes?
As for 'where's the outrage', it's there. Do you think that Arafat's sins were not laid upon his grave? Do you think that the Assad's of Syria or George Bush get a free pass? Nonsense.
To excuse Sharon's culpability for his own atrocities by claiming that they're small in comparison with others is offensive. To excuse Sharon by excusing greater monsters is more offensive.
