UN official fears Israel will raze Tyre

AP ^ | 7/28/6

[SmithL]

voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy the port of Tyre "neighborhood by neighborhood" if Hizbullah rockets keep slamming into the Jewish state.

So, according to the UN, the rockets are OK, but trying to stop them isn't.

[samadams2000]

They better act fast. Bush (administration) is losing it's backbone again.

[EagleUSA]

Who cares what the U.N. thinks? Why should anyone care? They are filthy corrupt and useless, proven time and time again. The AP and its minions whining again.

[netmilsmom]

Ping.

[Rodentking]

The Israelis need to tell the world they are not prepared to sit still while anyone shoots at them. If a missile - rocket - artillery piece shoots at them from any given ground, then they will take that ground and it will become part of Israel. That way, they will not be occcupying foreign soil. They can then remove any opposition and have a safe environment. This would not be occupation but acquisition. Once acquired, the land will NEVER revert to its previous occupants. The land will now be part of Israel.

This is a simple solution. It might require acquisition of considerable territory, but, Oh, Well.

[sinkspur]

"I have no doubt that Israel will flatten Tyre if civilian casualties continue in Haifa. Tyre will be taken off neighborhood by neighborhood," Morczynski warned. "I think Israel is contemplating flattening villages, flattening every single house to deny Hizbullah any advantage of urban fighting in the streets."

Flattening Hiroshima and Nagasaki worked, 61 years ago.

Anything short of wiping out Hezbollah will be a victory for Hezbollah.

[msnimje]

Bush (administration) is losing it's backbone again.

You base this childish assumption on...?

[sinkspur]

They better act fast. Bush (administration) is losing it's backbone again.

Uh, there's no indication of that whatsoever.

[SamAdams76]

Sounds like an effective plan to me.

[cripplecreek]

The difference between a liberal and a conservative.

A liberal worries about what the world will think. A conservative says "Screw world opinion. Git er done."

[Longbow1969]

A top UN peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until the end of August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy the port of Tyre....

Funny, cause I fear just the opposite. I am afaid Israel will NOT flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy the port of Tyre.

[maronite]

so by flattening tyre, hezbollah will have difficulty shooting rockets close to a pile of rubble as opposed to shooting them from close to a home?

[kesg]

A top UN peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until the end of August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy the port of Tyre "neighborhood by neighborhood" if Hizbullah rockets keep slamming into the Jewish state.

Well, duh! So what's the solution? Disarm Hezbellah. End their capacity to terrorize and otherwise threaten Israel. Until this happens, every person harmed and all property destroyed is the moral responsibility of Hzebellah and their enablers in Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

[Quark606]

Wasn't Tyre razed like 2,000 years ago once?
Oh well, if it wasn't, it coming unless the Lebanese don't kick out Hezbollah.

[expatpat]

flattening every single house to deny Hizbullah any advantage of urban fighting in the streets.

Unlikely. I understand that fighting terrorists among rubble is more dangerous and difficult than house-to-house.

[tet68]

Rarely does a day pass, Pellegrini said, that his compound and its environs in Naqaurna isn't hit by Israeli artillery. His headquarters is in a dangerous position because Hizbullah fighters get close to the UN compound to fire their rockets putting the headquarters in the crossfire.

Duh!

[hunter112]

There's a new cocktail in the bars in Beirut, it's called a Hezbollah Highball, no matter how many you have, you never get completely bombed.

That's because they're not strong enough!

[technomage]

They better act fast. Bush (administration) is losing it's backbone again.

Unfortunately it appears this is correct. I was hoping that this would not be the case.

Israel is now giving signals that it will back off and allow a "peace keeping" force in place. IF this happens, it will be a significant turning point, a turn for the worse.

Hezbollah (and Iran) will have WON this battle and that may prove to be the first loss on the way to a disaster for Israel.

The West, including President Bush lately, has once again slid into the :

Talk tough, talk tough, talk tough, then

Back off and appease.

All terrorists in the world are watching and learning. They now know that the West will limit itself to fighting in a PC manner and will self distruct from inside due to political ambitions and maneuverings.

The next few years will be very difficult for the West.

[maronite]

hezbollah arent civilized, at least the japanese had just a hint of respect for life. hezbollah are entering towns in the south and threatening people and if they say anything back they are labeled as traitors, their aim is to get the civilian death count on a high level because the more lebanese civilians die the more support they will get from retarded nations around the world. flattening tyre will not hinder their capabilities whatsoever and will only bolster their support that much more.