A proportionate attack

Sir Harold Evans penned an article in The Guardian criticizing England for shirking voting against the Goldstone Report.
"Aren't the British sickened by the moral confusions of their government? First, we have the weasel words to justify the unjustifiable release of the Lockerbie bomber. Now we have the sickening spectacle of Britain failing to stand by Israel, the only democracy with an independent judiciary in the entire region."
He further condemns the actions of Hamas.
"The rockets were war crimes and ought to have been universally condemned as such. While new rockets hit Israel over many months there was no rush by the world's moralisers – including Britain – to censure Hamas, no urgency as there was in "world opinion" when Israel finally responded. Then Israel was immediately accused of a "disproportionate" response without anyone thinking: "What is a 'proportionate' attack against an enemy dedicated to exterminating your people?" A dedication to exterminating all of his?"
He concludes with the following words.
"The Goldstone report won the gold standard of moral equivalence between the killer and the victim. Now Britain wins the silver. Who's cheering?"
To read full article, click on the link below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/20/israel-goldstone-palestine-gaza-un