Unacceptable Levels of Violence

Amid the ongoing Israeli rampage in Lebanon, criminal investigations have been launched and severe measures promised in the case of a soldier who was photographed assaulting a Palestinian with a sledgehammer. The attack brought forth squeals of moral indignation from America and Rome, as well as from the government of the Righteous State itself; for the very righteous reason that the Palestinian in question was no mere civilian or refugee, but a Roman Catholic graven image depicting a noted supporter and enabler of United States policy.