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Bush should resign immediately. We have lost the war on terror. Why does Bush do dumb things?

Get a frigging grip.

1,807 posted on 07/30/2006 5:32:21 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher
>". . . . grip.

"The reason given was to allow for an investigation of the Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese village of Qana. We assume this is also intended to permit humanitarian assistance and the extraction of civilians to proceed. No mention was made of a halt to ground operations, but it was said Israel reserves the right to strike to suppress rocket fire into Israel. That means that unless Hezbollah also suspends rocket operations, Israel will continue its strikes.

It also leaves open the possibility that Israeli aircraft will be permitted to come to support Israeli ground forces that come under attack. If the cease-fire does not halt ground operations and does permit airstrikes against forces attacking Israel, and if Hezbollah does not halt rocket attacks, the announcement means relatively little. If Hezbollah does halt rocket attacks and ground attacks, it will have created a 48-hour cease-fire in the air that Israel will have to deliberately break to resume the war.

The Israeli air force has been operating intensely for almost three weeks and clearly can use a 48-hour stand down." . . . . - Stratfor

yitbos

1,837 posted on 07/30/2006 5:52:05 PM PDT by bruinbirdman ("Those who control language control minds. " - Ayn Rand)
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