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2006-08-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israel puts ground offensive on hold for UN

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Posted by gorb 2006-08-10 01:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is pure bullshot.
They need a few days to train up those just called up. The tanks are already rolling, but everything is not yet ready for a full attack.

Posted by wxjames 2006-08-10 09:42|| 2006-08-10 09:42|| Front Page Top

#2 It's what happens when your PM and DM are TRANZIs.

A warning to the stupid left voters in Conn.

Posted by 3dc 2006-08-10 10:26|| 2006-08-10 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 nope - the cabinet is divided. Peretz wanted a straight ahead ground offensive to roll up Hezb all the way to the Litani. Everyone knows that will take a month or more, will cost heavy IDF casualties, and will be costly diplomatically. Olmert got Mofaz, the ex-Def Minister, to propose a sweep to the Litani, without clearing out Hezb, so they could proclaim victory. Rice apparently said shes close to a deal, and Lipni, the Foreign Minister, says she wont support an offensive without giving Rice a couple of days to do the deal.

AFAICT, Peretz, the socialist union boss, is the one most pushing for an aggressive strategy, and its the pro-capitalist types from Kadima who are holding back. Whether thats cause of Peretz's own deep rooted beliefs, or its a political thing to make him look tough enough to be PM someday, I dont know.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-08-10 11:38|| 2006-08-10 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Big mistake, a truly huge mistake. After so many decades of UN inspired hobbling of Israel and concomitant promotion of her foes, the IDF must slip the leash of world opinion and finally inflict sufficiently fatal blows to her enemies. Even the slightest ~~hudna~~ lull only adds up to more IDF casualties. Enough already. Advocates of terror must be handed their lead-infused heads on a platter.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-10 15:55|| 2006-08-10 15:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, Israel has to go on and fight the war that needs to be fought.

An Israeli minister said that Israel should totally bomb all Lebanese cities south of Lebanon. That's obvious. So, what are they waiting for ? And why are the US putting pressure on Israel ? And where has gone Bush's resolve to fight terrorism ?

All this is crazy.

Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid 2006-08-10 16:09|| 2006-08-10 16:09|| Front Page Top

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