[kj] [OT] Lebanon news

[TB]

"STEVE DIY" wrote:


"road map to fucking armageddon.
thanks george."

   How can George Bush be blamed for this ?
If you want to apportion blame , then ask yourself who kidnapped the Israeli 
soldiers and who could have stopped the repercussions any time they liked by 
returning the soldiers ? George Bush wasn't keeping the soldiers hostage , 
so he could nt return them .
   Hezbollah knew what would happen if they took Israeli soldiers hostage , 
Israel even warned Hezbollah to return the soldiers or face the consequences 
of an all out , unrelenting Israeli assault.
   Hezbollah are even putting children in front of its missile launchers to 
try to stop the missile launchers getting hit . No one likes to see children 
get killed , so why dont you point your fingers at Hezbollah for using 
children as shields?
   This was started by Hezbollah and can only be stopped by Hezbollah , 
something they refuse to do.
    Hezbollah started this in order to improve their standing with other 
terror groups in the Middle East , forming a Hammas/Hezbollah/Iranian/Syrian 
front .
   Hezbollah are Iranian affiliated and Iran has recently vowed to wipe 
Israel off the map and Iran has also vowed to make nuclear arms . Israel 
will not allow Iran to build nuclear weapons nor will it allow Hezbollah to 
gain a foothold in Southern Lebanon.
    Hezbollah started this and are therefore responsible for any deaths.
   If you provoke a dog , dont complain when the dog bites you. Israel has a 
right to defend its population and its borders .Israel doesnt deal with 
terrorists and Israel doesnt leave is soldiers in foreign lands , kidnapping 
one of its soldiers was foolish thing too do.

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I agree with most of what you've said above.  The current conflict isn't 
happening in a vacuum, there's been a succession of events leading up to it 
and anyone should know Israel isn't going to sit on their thumbs as the 
rocket attacks and raids continue to escalate on the Israel/Lebanon border.

The only thing I think Israel has fucked up on was basically taking the bait 
with the recent raid/kidnapping and playing into Hezbollah's hands by 
retaliated with such a disproportionate and devastating attack on Lebanon. 
As you can see, this current conflict is actually strengthening Hezbollah's 
standing among the Lebanon community and weakening Israel's in the outside 
world's opinion. Basically, Hezbollah is playing fast and loose with the 
citizens of Lebanon in a bid to incite civil war and foment further hatred 
against Israel. It's a risky strategy because it's possible the majority of 
Lebanon's people may be smart and ballsy enough to reject Hezbollah itself 
but honestly, at this point it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

T.B.