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IDF Military Intelligence (MI) believes the army has 10 days left before diplomatic pressure puts an end to operation Change of Direction against Hizbullah, The Jerusalem Post learned on Sunday.

Can anyone explain the legal and moral basis for this?
Simultaneously "nothing can be done" to pressure or prevent a bunch of nutcases in Iran from creating nuclear weapons and threatening the rest of the world, but...

Our strongest ally in the war against international terrorism is forced, errr... 'pressured', to abandon the fight for its own survival?

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I agree. I think it's totally bizarre that Israel has supposedly been "given" two or three weeks to complete the destruction of Hezbollah. Did the U.S. accept such a deadline for the destruction of insurgent forces in Iraq?

"Can anyone explain the legal and moral basis for this?
Simultaneously "nothing can be done" to pressure or prevent a bunch of nutcases in Iran from creating nuclear weapons and threatening the rest of the world, but...

Our strongest ally in the war against international terrorism is forced, errr... 'pressured', to abandon the fight for its own survival?

What's wrong with this picture?"

Stopping Israel before she can win has been the pattern of the U.S. State Dept every time Israel has been attacked and managed to defend herself . 1956, 1967, 1973, etc, etc. In the past the U.S. has not let Israel win. Maybe they've gotten smarter and realize that their previous strategy was all wet and that evil terrorism must be crushed and Israel must be allowed to do the job. The Bush doctrine is spot on. Bush needs to remind the world that his doctrine guides him now.

"Can anyone explain the legal and moral basis for this?
Simultaneously "nothing can be done" to pressure or prevent a bunch of nutcases in Iran from creating nuclear weapons and threatening the rest of the world, but...

Our strongest ally in the war against international terrorism is forced, errr... 'pressured', to abandon the fight for its own survival?

What's wrong with this picture?"

Everything is wrong with that picture.
The French weasels and the loony left of America are all puffed up and screeching about stopping Israel. Meanwhile, even as Iran develops nuclear weapons, the same French are busy kissing Iranian butt as they cravenly beg for Iranian contracts, and the American left keep screaming about carrying on "the diplomatic process" with Iran..

Israel must and should not stop military operations until it's military objectives are reached.
Just reaching a "peace" agreement that returns us to a Hizbullah firing rockets anytime they want status quo, is simply not acceptable.