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| 'Der Spiegel': Olmert to declare Goldwasser and Regev dead |
| 2008-02-17 |
| The Prime Minister's Office refused to comment Saturday on reports in the German weekly Der Spiegel that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to designate IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev as "fallen soldiers." The two men were kidnapped by Hizbullah in June 2006, triggering the Second Lebanon War. Officials said that as long as there was no statement to the contrary, the working assumption was that both soldiers were missing in action and Israel would continue to pursue all means to bring about their return. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 #1: "This development would spur anticipatory resolve and congealing of the nation, without the hindrance of conscience as escalating warfare takes shape." Works for me, smn. Israel has been dealing with genocidal Not to mention the most updated ordnance.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-17 21:23 |
| #4 I hope they aren't married. Without proof of their deaths, their widows will be unable to remarry in Israel. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-02-17 09:31 |
| #3 Atomic Conspiracy: Through propagandists like Fisk and Pilger, Hezbollah has boasted for years of being the only "Arab" force to defeat Israel. Which strongly suggests to me the other enemy which must be destroyed in detail in order to win the next round of the conflict. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-17 08:55 |
| #2 There will be a re-match as soon as the Winograd Commission's recommendations can be fully implemented. My suggestion: A highly visible build-up along the border, as last time, to freeze Hezbollah in its fortified positions. This would be followed not by a grinding infantry assault on a broad front but by a lightning armored thrust in the east, into the Bekaa Valley, with massive and immediate followup to confront a possible Syrian counter-attack. At the same time, air and amphibious landings north of the Litani river line would punch across to the Bekaa, isolating the Hezbos in their redoubt. After that they can be destroyed at leisure. The process must be complete, they must be utterly exterminated at any cost. Through propagandists like Fisk and Pilger, Hezbollah has boasted for years of being the only "Arab" force to defeat Israel. The bloody stalemate in '06 only contributed to this. This is a massive distortion but with the Hezbos still in the field it cannot be rebutted in the minds of potential supporters. Does Olmert have the big ones for this? Probably not, but if he is replaced and Bebe Netanyahu destroys Hezbollah instead, it will change the political landscape of Isreal for decades. That realization may allow Olmert to find the fire he needs to complete the job. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-17 03:44 |
| #1 Not good. This development would spur anticipatory resolve and congealing of the nation, without the hindrance of conscience as escalating warfare takes shape. |
| Posted by: smn 2008-02-17 02:29 |