Posted on 07/22/2006 2:26:48 AM PDT by familyop
"The truth is that the Lebaneze army supports the Hezzies. They will never remove the Hezzies."
Agree only I don't believe there is a Lebanese army that is free of Hezzies. It's a lie.
What I was getting at in my post is that I would expect a professional soldier to be sitting in those UN outposts - not rent-a-security-guard-from-Ghana.
Luckily for the Lebanese army, the Israelis don't take them too seriously. Otherwise, they would be being "prepped and softened" as we speak.
There are soldiers from many countries.
Exactly: that the Leb. PM and the Iraqui PM on the same day can foolishly call for Israel's ouster instead of the Islamofascists like Hamas, Al Q, Al Acquasa, Hez. is almost a policy of being ingrates to the two nations who actually are fighting for their freedom: the USA and Israel. When 6 years was not enough time for the vaunted Leb. army to dispatch Hez, Hamas and the other Islamo murderers, just why in God's name is Leb. carping now? I feel sorrier for the Leb. Christians who have been bashed over and over by the jihadists. But, apparently, Israel to the rescue and an idea of cooperation with the Leb. army to get rid of the real troublemakers, never has entered the minds of these two PM's.
Yeah. It seems like if they really care about Lebanon, they would fight against Hezbolla
"Why didn't they defend it from the terrorist mutts?"
Because they are the same, maybe.
All of them support....
Don't you realize they had a 15-year civil war? Were you asleep for the whole of the Cedar Revolution, where the citizens of Lebanon finally were able to evict the Syrian soldiers from their territory? Did you miss the bombings that assassinated many anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and journalists? Did you miss the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who took to the streets in support of democracy?
What are we missing here?
All of them support....
Don't you realize they had a 15-year civil war? Were you asleep for the whole of the Cedar Revolution, where the citizens of Lebanon finally were able to evict the Syrian soldiers from their territory? Did you miss the bombings that assassinated many anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and journalists? Did you miss the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese who took to the streets in support of democracy?
What are we missing here?
There's a Mrs. Don-o? That's double teaming.
She's the NICE one. :-)
Because they were just finally recovering from a 15-year long civil war, and were not militarily or politically ready to engage in a long fight with Hezbollah. Coming on the heels of a bitter political debate about Syria's withdrawal, going after Hezbollah could very easily have shattered the fragile peace and led to another civil war.
...cept when the hesbos fire missles into Israel...thats more than ok
Must be. Rumor has it the other half is a work in progress.
It's a damn shame, but they made their bed, and it's time for them to lie in it.
Mark
The Title said, "Lebanese leaders..." Yes, Lebanon's leaders support the terrorists. Most recently, they disagreed with the proposed ceasefire and demanded that the UN occupy Shebaa Farms (which area belongs to Syria--not Lebanon).
“Israel still has not satisfied the UN's requirements to withdraw completely from Lebanon because of its illegal occupation of Shebaa Farms.”
FACT
Despite the UN ruling that Israel completed its withdrawal from southern Lebanon,22 Hizballah and the Lebanese government insist that Israel still holds Lebanese territory in eastern Mount Dov, a 100-square-mile, largely uninhabited patch called Shebaa Farms. This claim provides Hizballah with a pretext to continue its activities against Israel. Thus, after kidnapping three Israeli soldiers in that area, it announced that they were captured on Lebanese soil.
Israel, which has built a series of observation posts on strategic hilltops in the area, maintains that the land was captured from Syria; nevertheless, the Syrians have supported Hizballah's claim. According to the Washington Post, the controversy benefits each of the Arab parties. "For Syria, it means Hizballah can still be used to keep the Israelis off balance; for Lebanon, it provides a way to apply pressure over issues, like the return of Lebanese prisoners still held in Israeli jails. For Hezbollah, it is a reason to keep its militia armed and active, providing a ready new goal for a resistance movement that otherwise had nothing left to resist."23
In January 2005, the UN Security Council adopted a resolution condemning violence along the Israel-Lebanon border and reasserted that the Lebanese claim tothe Shebaa farms area is “not compatible with Security Council resolutions.”
Also the smart one
Thank you
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