Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Wider Ground War

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[Toonces T. Cat]

Just announced on the Fox News Channel that the Israeli Security Cabinet has approved a wider ground war.

[Toonces T. Cat]

Just announced on the Fox News Channel that the Israeli Security Cabinet has approved a wider ground war.

[RobFromGa]

Godspeed!

[Hydroshock]

Good luck and Good hunting to the IDF. God bless and protect.

[jhp]

I hope Olmert has let the IDF leash go completely this time

[Toonces T. Cat]

Fox now has the full report up on their site:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207537,00.html

-Toonces

[goldstategop]

Good - let's hope they begin kicking Hezbully ass.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[F15Eagle]

Go get them Hezbollah, boys and girls.

[tobyhill]

Unlike what the MSM is trying to portray, I believe this has been the plan all along, let the IAF soften the targets and cut off paths then go in with overwhelming ground forces. Brilliant move by US by making it look like us and France were really working together for a ceasefire knowing France would bail out thus squashing any resolution.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Massive tank/troop cross border invasion underway now, per foxnews tv.

[goldstategop]

I hope they don't stop until they reach Beirut. That would wipe the smirk of Nasrallah's girly chin - permanently!

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[OldFriend]

The MSM and our own so called elite talkers have been bashing Olmert from the start.

Frankly, I am sick of it. They're here in the US and they're critiquing the situation in Israel.

[ChristianDefender]

I think this time they have a new general in-charge for this operation... Adam just got replaced. i forgot the name of the replacement tho.. but they say the new leader is an infantry war expert...

[tobyhill]

The MSM all day yesterday was claiming that the Israeli leadership move was due to incompetence but to me it's not incompetence when they move from one stage of the war to another while using the best leadership for each stage.

[goldstategop]

Those who us who love Israel have been critiquing the make-pretend war waged by the Israeli government. Either you go all out on the ground - or don't bother. That's the way wars are meant to be fought. Israel will pay a price of course but if she waits, the circumstances will never be as favorable again. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to finish off Hezbollah as a military threat in Lebanon. Its not important if the terror group survives politically. What's important is to disarm it of any weapons that can be used to threaten and attack Israel and keep it well away from the border.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[dinoparty]

Wasn't Nasrallah supposed to make some more empty threats today? If he's gonna do it, he'd better hurry.

[novembersurprise]

It's thug crushin' time! Go Israel!

[silentknight]

Quote "The MSM all day yesterday was claiming that the Israeli leadership move was due to incompetence but to me it's not incompetence when they move from one stage of the war to another while using the best leadership for each stage."

Bingo

[FreedomPoster]

Looks like the Left in Israel has been mugged.

[OldFriend]

It will be a cold day in hell when I will believe reports about ANYTHING from the MSM.

And that goes for our own armchair generals on talk radio.

[FreedomPoster]

Beiruit?

Heck, I'd like to see a right turn after Beiruit, with a halt in Damascus.

[hunter112]

More likely bound and gagged, and it's about time!

[MaestroLC]

Bye-bye UN, hello victory.

[tobyhill]

Most these former military Generals that crop up all over the TV screens with their "expertise" are "former" military for a reason.

[txrangerette]

Somebody must ping Dog, as he was so doubtful Israel would do much more. Oh wait, I'm pinging him...

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #1

I thought that, if Hizbullah does not fold and hang on longer, it could turn out to be a bad news to Syria and Iran. Especially, the prophesy that Damascus would become a smoldering ruin become more likely.

Who knew that Hizzies could help destroy Damascus?

[IrishMike]

Good,
enough of this touchy feely crap with the Hezzies.
Lock n load, start your engines.
Let pain and punishment be the deterence.

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Wait, Wait !!!!!
Listen to Anan's UN and the Arab Street.
...... let 'em howl.

[Toonces T. Cat]

Live video on Fox now of the Merkavas and the D-9s moving North!

-Toonces

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[IrishMike]

I had a post earlier, IDF Air Force 120 tactical air strikes last night....... Warming up nicely.

[1Old Pro]

I agre with this, they must present overwhelming lightening quick force to eliminate the Hezbos totally.

[evad]

Praise God and past the ammunition.

[evad]

Looks like the Left in Israel has been mugged.

Basic rope-a-dope 101.

Like Rush sez about tax cuts, it works..every time it's tried.

[American Quilter]

This is excellent news. I was afraid the antisemite forces would succeed in pressuring Israel into stopping. I'm cautiously optomistic that President Bush is encouraging Israel behind the scene, while giving lip-service to the U.N. publicly.

I understand why, with the moonbat anti-war lunatics in our own country, he doesn't think he openly blow off the U.N., but I wish he would anyway.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Agreed. Much the same way Ike brought in Patton for the Africa gig.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Finally! Drive those tanks like Patton and Richard Petty combined.

[Just A Nobody]

Prayers up for Israel!

[prairiebreeze]

I hope they unleash utter Hell on the Hezbos.

Godspeed, IDF!

[RightWhale]

Watch Syria. They might come in at any time their illustrious dictator gets a wild hair. Iran, of course, has their 22 Aug, whatever they intend by that. Two weeks to do whatever Israel can do, then it's into the unknown for everybody.

[Ed25]

Operation cancelled for UN solution.LOL

[MindBender26]

I hope they don't stop until they reach Beirut Dunkirk. That would wipe the smirk of Nasrallah and his Frog suppoters' girly chins - permanently!

[ohioWfan]

Those of us who love Israel??

Are you implying that anyone who disagrees with you on how this war has been waged do not love Israel??

[MindBender26]

They remember the meaning of

Never Again!

[BJClinton]

Why stop there? I've heard Aleppo can be lovely this time of year...

[quantfive]

"The MSM and our own so called elite talkers have been bashing Olmert from the start.
Frankly, I am sick of it. They're here in the US and they're critiquing the situation in Israel."

AMEN to that! Iran & Syria have turned Hezbollah into an standing army with advanced weaponry right on the Israeli border, threatens Israel with being wiped from the map, launches an attack on a sovereign UN security council nation, launches indiscriminate missle attacks on civilian populations but Israel is the bad guy according to most of the world. What a joke! Hezbollah does not need to operate under the Geneva convention in any way, shape or form but Israel must and does.

[quantfive]

"Those who us who love Israel have been critiquing the make-pretend war waged by the Israeli government. Either you go all out on the ground - or don't bother. That's the way wars are meant to be fought. Israel will pay a price of course but if she waits, the circumstances will never be as favorable again. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to finish off Hezbollah as a military threat in Lebanon. Its not important if the terror group survives politically. What's important is to disarm it of any weapons that can be used to threaten and attack Israel and keep it well away from the border."

Let's face stark reality: Until Syria and Iran is directly confronted they will re-arm Hezbollah or create some other new islamic jihad army. The longer Israel and America waits to confront Iran and Syria, the more advanced the weapons used by such proxy armies will become. The UN should be having discussions of how to stop Iran and Syria from such proxy wars but instead focus on how abusive Israel is to the poor Lebanese who decided to NOT leave the war zone. Of course let's not bother mentioning that the UN did nothing to support it's own resolution to disarm Hezbollah and is in large part responsible for this current conflict.

[OldFriend]

The kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers was Iran's WAG THE DOG.

A huge miscalculation on their part. They thought Olmert was toothless! Hah!

Clearly it is Israel that is occupying huge swaths of Lebanon and not the other way around.

[quantfive]

"I agre with this, they must present overwhelming lightening quick force to eliminate the Hezbos totally."

It's not going to be quick in any way, shape or form. The Israelis operate under the same rules of engagement we do and that is to spare as much civilian lives as possible at all cost. Since it's a favorite tactic of Hezbollah to hide behind civilians it is difficult to even know who the enemy is never mind holding back when an enemy is firing at you to minimize casualties. The gloves will have to come off and it will need to get very bloody for Israel to reach it's objectives.

[quantfive]

"The kidnapping of the Israeli soldiers was Iran's WAG THE DOG.
A huge miscalculation on their part. They thought Olmert was toothless! Hah!

Clearly it is Israel that is occupying huge swaths of Lebanon and not the other way around."

Totally agree.

[mojito]

I wish I could share the enthusiasm. However, this was an "authorization" for an offensive, not the signal it would commence. From Haaretz:

"....The cabinet authorized Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz to widen the offensive and to determine its timing. According to the decision, however, the two are not obliged to implement the decision.

The offensive would not begin for two or three days so as not interfere with ongoing efforts to broker a cease-fire at the United Nations, said one minister in the meeting.

Nine of the 12 ministers in the cabinet voted in favor of the move, while the other three abstained. There were no votes against the decision.

Labor Party Ministers Shimon Peres and Ophir Pines-Paz, who abstained from voting, said all diplomatic channels must be exhausted before the war is expanded. Shas's Industry and Trade Minister Eli Yishai also abstained, saying the ground operation should not be widened until air strikes have run their course.

During a break in the cabinet meeting, Olmert telephoned U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to provide her with an update on the situation."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/748019.html

However, over at the UN our good ally France is working furiously to ensure a Hezbollah victory:

"French President Jacques Chirac said on Wednesday he believed US bjections to a draft UN resolution on Lebanon amended at the Arab world's request could be overcome, despite Washington's "reservations."

French diplomats have handed their US colleagues proposed revisions to a French and US-backed United Nations resolution to end the war in Lebanon.

The Lebanese government, supported by the Arab League, rejected the original text which called for full cessation of hostilities but which did not demand an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the country.

"It does seem that there is an American reservation about adopting this draft," Chirac told reporters after a meeting with members of his cabinet in the south of France.

"I can't imagine that there would be no solution because that would mean, which would be the most immoral result, that we accept the current situation and that we abandon an immediate ceasefire," he said. "I can't imagine that of the Americans or anyone else."

Diplomats continue to work on revisions to the UN draft resolution and Chirac said it was normal that the views of all parties to the conflict should be taken into account."


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525840174&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

My only hope is that Ambassador Bolton tells the French and the Arabs to stuff it.

[quantfive]

"I thought that, if Hizbullah does not fold and hang on longer, it could turn out to be a bad news to Syria and Iran. Especially, the prophesy that Damascus would become a smoldering ruin become more likely.

Who knew that Hizzies could help destroy Damascus?"

The only bummer is that Damascus is turned into ash because Israel is hit first with a WMD of some sort. I am not as cheery as you are on this subject.