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To: milwguy
This is the reassertion of Syrian domination of Lebanon.
The civil war has been going on for decades, it was reduced to politics and power-sharing for awhile, however:

"Kicking he Syrians out" didn't stop their influence,
NO Lebanese government has bothered to slow down Hezbola - or to rationalize their frontier with Israel,
Hezbola has convinced half or more of the Lebanese that they are their only protection and necessary for return of the 'farms' Israel still holds - farms which I think are snuggled up to the Golan Heights (formerly Syrian).

They have also recently convinced themselves and the muslim world that they beat Israel in war and, presumably, now deserve the perks - control of Lebanon.

As to the UN spectators, they are there solely to suppress Israel and are quite occupied turning their radar on and off when IDF reccy birds fly through.
They will simply announce that they have no mandate for internal issues and pull out because it is suddenly dangerous.
That, or they'll increase the sea blockade in order to hold Israel inside its borders while Syria retakes control.
In any event, they will turn a blind eye on islamist crimes and the UN will rave and posture at Israel for existing in the same neighborhood.

My favorite report so far was hearing that hezbola and its allies withdraw from the government - then announced it to be non representative and therefore illegal. Now that they've made that leap, resuming the assassinations would be their logical means of making their point.

63 posted on 11/21/2006 7:59:51 AM PST by norton
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To: norton

Good points, but the UN will not be able to rationalize this as some problem created by Israel. The 'peacekeepers' will soon find themselves in an all out civil war. Another country will be under the rule of the Islamists, and the world will turn a blind eye, as the planning for the next Holocaust continues unabated. Once Nasrallah and his Syrian and Iranian masters have gained total control over Lebanon, they will turn their sights south.


75 posted on 11/21/2006 8:26:45 AM PST by milwguy
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To: norton
"Kicking he Syrians out" didn't stop their influence,

The only way to stop Syria's influence in Lebanon is to make the Syrian government fight for it own life and power in Syria - i.e. war.

War is coming in a big way to the Mideast soon, and we and Israel had better dictate the times and places of conflict or we will both lose.

77 posted on 11/21/2006 8:36:32 AM PST by Ancesthntr
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