I don't see why Olmert, or anybody else, should trade anything with Hezbollah. These are not the kind of people (and I use the term with extreme generosity) you barter with.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
"I don't see why Olmert, or anybody else, should trade anything with Hezbollah. These are not the kind of people (and I use the term with extreme generosity) you barter with."
Olmert's been thinking a trade from day one.
SHaron would have been at the outskirts of Beirut now, every one begging for peace.
Take him at his word. He means it.
The Lebanese government needs to feel pain until they put this rat in a cage and hand him over to Israeli authorities so he can be put on trial for multiple murders. It's a pity you don't have capital punishment over there.
Swinging this piece of trash from the end of a piece of good stout hempen rope after a fair trial would go a long way towards removing his 'hero' status.
I don't know much about the Israeli legal system but I don't see why you just don't convene the Israeli equivalent of a Grand Jury, indict him for murder, and demand his extradition.
If the Lebanese government fails to comply then you can reduce their vaunted 'infrastructure' to rubble one piece at a time until they do.
Although personally I think the real sources of your trouble lie a bit further to the northeast and east. A few 2,000 GPS guided diplomatic packages dropped into downtown Damascus would go a long way towards reducing your problem.
Just my opinion.
L