Posted by
JParks on Friday, July 14, 2006 2:55:09 PM
One of the most unfortunate aspects of this war, is that Hizbullah alone made the decision to start it. They're the only political party in Lebanon who wanted this war. They didn't go before the Parliament of Lebanon and debate their planned acts of war against Israel. There weren't any Lebanese John Kerry's who were allowed the courtesy of voting for the war before they could vote against it. The people of Lebanon did not want this. From what I've been reading, the Lebanese people HATE Hizbullah. Even those who don't like Israel, wouldn't mind if they kicked Hizbullah's butt. Who can blame them? Here is Hizbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's reponse when asked if he considered the burden that Hizbullah's actions would put on the Lebanese economy:
"Yes, but there are more important things."
For so long, it seemed that Israel was always forced to make the hard decisions. From Oslo in 1993 to the Gaza withdrawal in 2005. Could things be changing? By taking the fight to Hizbullah, Israel is forcing Iran to make some hard decisions regarding their support for the terrorist idiots. TigerHawk:
"The question is, can Iran suffer this loss of capability and face
without taking a substantial and visible action to support Hezbollah?
If it does not, what proxy will risk doing Tehran's bidding in the
future?"
I have another question, what do you do when the country, who you've threatened to wipe off the map, shows up for the fight? Do you follow Nasrallah's lead and
run (via
Captian's Quarters)? You could, but rumor has it that Israel is pretty good at getting their man. Remember
Operation Wrath of God?
Shabtai Shavit, former head of the
Mossad:
"It doesn't
matter where a terrorist act is committed. Israel is committed to
defending its citizens all around the world.... We never let it off,
even in periods when we had other items on our agenda that had
priority."
I think Iran and Syria will have to put up or shut up.
I support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are times when I feel pessimistic about the outcomes. That's bound to happen when you listen to Democrats for too long. However, leave it to Nasrallah, to put things in perspective. His act of war has brought nothing but death and destruction to his country. Bush's wars have resulted in the liberation of approximately 50 million people and numerous elections (I've lost count).
I wish the Lebonese people all the best. I hope that Hizbullah is completly destroyed so that Lebanon can move on to greater things.
UPDATE: Speaking of difficult choices...Iran has promised to support Syria if it is attacked. However, the latest post at
Captain's Quarters explains why that won't be so easy, thanks to American soldiers....
Mahmoud Ahmandinejad has certainly made clear that he will support
Syria if Syria is attacked. However, Iran has a big problem in
delivering on that promise: 135,000 American troops between Iran and
Syria. If Iran tries to resupply Syria, it has to do so through Iraq,
and through the most hostile area of Iraq in the Kurdish regions of the
north. For those who understand geography, this is why Iraq was such a
strategic key to the region.
Mahmoud, can you say Hoo-Rah!
Links:-
Gateway Pundit has a good post about Lebanon PM Fouad Siniora.
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Pajamas Media has a lot of round up.
-The
Rantings of a Sandmonkey Blog is pretty good too.
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Strategy Page has a post regarding the relatively quiet response of the Mulsim world.