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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
'Israel must end Hizbullah re-armament itself'
2006-08-20
Government sources said on Saturday that Israel had no choice but to act itself to stop the flow of weapons and missiles to the Hizbullah. A senior Israeli source said that UNIFIL and the Lebanese army were not showing any intention to end the re-armament of Hizbullah, since the former were unwilling to confront the terrorist organization, Israel Radio reported.
Posted by:Fred

#7  What mac said.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-20 21:29  

#6  Things are going well TW.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-08-20 19:06  

#5  May it come shortly after Israel has made all its preparations then, gromgoru.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-08-20 18:46  

#4  Alaska Paul, relax. Right now some of the smartest people in the World are sitting down, developing tactics & stratey for the next round.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-08-20 18:40  

#3  I think that Hizb'Allah and Iran will rearm and work on wearing Israel down. Everytime they fight to a draw is a win for them. It forces Israel to choose between going totally apesh*t or being proportional™. They are banking on Israel being proportional. And they are probably right with Olmert in power. Israel handed Hizb'Allah a victory in accepting the phony cease fire. Now everyone is moving back to no-man's land, the UN and the UNIFIL farce still exists. Israel is facing the SAME situation before the war. Isreal threw away the initiative. There are very serious consequences for this, both for Israel and the US.
Posted by: Alaska Paul back home   2006-08-20 15:50  

#2  You're totally right mac.
Muslims are only emboldened by a draw, even one as questionable as this. The only way Israel can claim a win is if they smoke those toads to the ground. Their next move will be to try to overrun Israel because they now think they are unbeatable. But I think they will find that attacking is a lot different than hiding in bunkers and coming out to cheer for themselves when the bombing stops.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-08-20 12:53  

#1  I find it really worrying that I read comments like this but hear nothing about Israel frantically rearming and preparing for the next round. It's coming--are the Israelis going to be ready for it?

Another tie/loss is going to be very, very bad for Israel. They need to beat Hezb like a drum, kill several thousand of them, and completely cleanse S. Leb. They also need to make a blanket declaration that a) any civilians located in the vicinity of Hezb guerrillas forfeit all rights to immunity from attack, b) that all civilian casualties incurred as a result are the direct responsibility of Hezb, and c) captured Hezb members will be tried as war criminals, and executed if found guilty. It's for all the marbles guys. Don't screw around.
Posted by: mac   2006-08-20 04:19  

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