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Posted on 07/29/2006 10:30:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Israeli combat soldiers walk along the Israeli northern border with Lebanon. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pursuing a new round of Middle East diplomacy as the Lebanon conflict moved into its 19th day, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging firepower and threats in defiance of international moves toward a ceasefire
This is a smart move by the Israelis. It gives Hezbollah 24 hours to manuever, of course, but the time won't be long enough to bolster their capabilities in any meaningful manner. The suspension shows that the Israelis will respond to the global community within reason, taking some of the diplomatic heat off of Israel and the US.
A suspension puts more pressure on Hezbollah than it does Israel. The world has screamed for a cease-fire, and Israel has conditionally agreed, at least for a short period. If Hezbollah quits firing over the border, the Israelis may extend it, allowing the conflict to settle. However, no one really believes that Hezbollah will honor this -- after all, they started the war, and they obviously believe this plays to their benefit. Once they launch another rocket, all bets are off, and Israel will get at least another two weeks before the ADD-addled global diplomats again forget that Hezbollah started the war.
The US also benefits with this suspension. Given that our State Department announced it first and that it came at the end of Condoleezza Rice's trip to Jerusalem, it appears rather obvious that the demand came from the White House. That kind of intervention establishes that we have some limits -- even if they are foolish limits -- to our laissez-faire attitude towards Israeli action.
I predict that the suspension will not last; Hezbollah will continue its operations, providing yet another point of clarity in this conflict.
GAG ME!!!
The only thing missing is the flower girl...Cindy Shi'ite.
He's betting Hezbullah will fire missiles again.
HEY...even *******news purists*******
gotta eat!! LOL
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
bnelson44 wrote:
They wouldn't move an armored battalion into Lebanon without air cover.
I tend to agree with that, but maybe the forces that went in earlier this morning saw light opposition, and the generals are willing to risk it.
Israel reserved the right to defend against any attacks using air, and I didn't see any qualifiers, such as "inside Israel", so....
I'm betting they'll call it a day on this battle, accept a few billion in "aid" and sit back for a few years again and then re-emerge that much stronger.
UN council agrees on statement deploring Qana raid
UN Security Council members reached agreement on Sunday on a statement expressing the 15-nation body's "extreme shock and distress" at the deadly Israeli shelling of the Lebanese village of Qana.
The statement, to be brought to a vote soon, "strongly deplores this loss of innocent lives" in Qana but does not call for an immediate truce, as requested by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan but opposed by the United States. (Reuters)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3283923,00.html
Yes, but would you agree that if Nasarallah (Syria/Iran also) wants it to stop and C&C is still effective enough to get the word out, then this war comes to a halt?
I think if they do it at their computers, they fit the definition of multi-taskers, not purists.
And if they announce it, and share recipes, they're friendly human beings. :-)
Pinz
I even think hezbollahh could fire off more katushkas - and the media and the "world community" won't see that as a resumotion of hostilities.
its al one sided, all against israel. israel blinked here.
jhp wrote:
i have a feeling this is a trial balloon cease fire. If Hizbullah can restrain itself for 24 hours this thing is over.
In a couple months Olmert will be out and Netanyahu in. If there is silence from Netanyahu this next 24
hours its over, if he's still on the talk show circuit i'll hold out hope
More armor massing at the border, they don't seem to think it's over. Back to wait and see...again.
I lived until 2002 in a small southern village near Mardshajund that is inhabited by a majority of Shias like me. After Israel left Lebanon, it did not take long for Hezbollah to have its say in other towns. Received as successful resistance fighters and armed to the teeth, they stored rockets in bunkers in our town as well. The social work of the Party of God consisted in building a school and a residence over these bunkers! A local sheikh explained to me laughing that the Jews would lose in any event because the rockets would either be fired at them or if they attacked the rockets depots, they would be condemned by world opinion on account of the dead civilians. These people do not care about the Lebanese population, they use them as shields, and, once dead, as propaganda. As long as they continue existing there, there will be no tranquility and peace.
Dr. Mounir Herzallah Berlin-Wedding
Oh...dear, poor yoni.
But, is he saying that he knows for sure that the Hezzies are still firing rockets, NOW??
Hey, you're back! How's your son?
Pinz
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
OH...jeez.....Alan Colmes on...he will be doing that SNOOPY dance in joy that there is a cessation by Israel...grrrrr
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