Posted on 08/11/2006 7:19:20 PM PDT by Blackyce
And Olmert has sent a large, new force into southern Lebanon to show Israeli appreciation for the UN resolution. [g]
I hope you are right. There's been a lot of hot air about what a dithering dilettante Olmert is. Hope that dispiriting noise is as accurate as al-Reuters.
Israel will be sorry that they did not finish the Hesbozs off when they had the chance. That is only my opinion. Whether it is rifht or wrong, Israel will find out for themselves soon enough.
No it won't, it'll be Israel's fault. It's not our responsiblity to take care of Israel, we can't lead them by the noses to victory. We'll continue to support their actions when they're actually bothering to act, but if Olmert and crew don't have the testicles for any of that there's little we can do. They could have gone in and gone after Hezbollah a month go, and we could have done this whole month long international song and dance while they were actually accomplishing something. They could still choose to go full force after Hezbollah for that matter. But Olmert is no fighter, he's a politician with absolutely no idea what he's doing. It's not politically feasible for the US to sit around indefinitely while Olmert's ignoring history and learning how {NOT} to fight a war through trial and error. We could delay and deflect the UN talking clique for the rest of eternity but what's the point if Israel's really not intersting in anything more than playing politics. And that's what Olmert was doing, he was using the tools of war to play politics and expecting a political solution, he wasn't truly waging war as he had no consistent war objectives. A political solution is what he he wanted and that's what he got.
If I as that policeman I would still be washing my hand.
it is in the agreement that they are to get them back, but somehow when all is said and done I bet they won't.
Don't bet on it.
How many times has a "cease fire" been agreed to in the past? Cease fire only means "Reload" to the terrorists. When they attack again, the U.S. and the UselessN will go through the same motions, again, and again.
Ehud Olmert needs to be retired ASAP; he's incapable of making a firm decision, he has no backbone or intestinal fortitude, and beyond that appears wishy washy, he looks and acts like a worm. And we are all the worse for it. Especially Israel...
And yet, there sits Bibi...patiently waiting...well studied, well versed, well armed, and very capable..I don't understand why he sits in the background. The one person who could, would, and should take control before it gets uncontrollable.
Iran is going to have to be dealt with. The only question is when. Do you deal with them now or wait until they get their nuclear program where they want it?
History has shown us that just wishing that the problem will go away will not work.
That's bullcrap. Take your Bush hating somewhere else.
"GO BIBI!"
YESSSSS!!!
So, do I understand this right, Olmert accepted a deal which doesn't guarantee the return of the kidnapped soldiers? And what's the purpose of the 30,000 Lebanese soldiers on the border, to protect the Hezbollah?
Oh, puhleeeeese. Your histrionics are silly.
This was the time to destroy Syria and Iran and we let it slip away.
We? You out there on the front lines with the Israeli troops? You ready to go marching off to Syria and/or Iran?
So easy to be an armchair general, with a cool one always at the ready, and hot fingers and a keyboard with which to do your fighting.
This one will have the same results, my friend. It is just a matter of time.
The United States has the power to destroy both Iran and Syria right now. GW Bush has let the oppotune moment pass. The muslim terrorists have won big time.
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