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[Honestfreedom]

This is just further evidence of the futility of giving away land in the hope of getting peace. Until 2000 there wsa never any reason to consider that territory Lebanese. Now that Israel has pulled out of all of Lebanon there is one more thing the enemy wants. This is typical, whatever Israel does is not enough. Yet Israel keeps doing it and now is going to give back this area. Do they seriously believe this will not trigger demands for something else?

[combat_boots]

Logically, from the Arab perspective, Israel and the Ba'athist 'Greater Syria' are already at war.

[goldstategop]

Exactly. Neither the UN, the US or Israel can transfer Syrian territory to the Lebanese without their consent. That is why its puzzling the Har Dov issue is even being raised. And as Shlomo Avineri observes, the chances of obtaining Dasmascus' agreement to the move in the absence of its refusal to recognize Lebanon's independence is slim to none. It shouldn't even be on the table and every one knows that Hezbollah would not stop attacking Israel even if that issue was somehow settled. Hezbollah's "last territorial demand" would turn to be the Middle Eastern equivalent of Hitler's "last territorial demand" in Europe - the terrorist group would come up with new pretexts to keep the fires stoked and the conflict would continue.

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

[Montaignes Cat]

A question if anyone knows... In the last few days I have read that Catholic France separated Lebanon from Syria in order to give the Christians of the area a nation so that they would not be swallowed up by Islam... what is the truth of this?