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2008-02-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Der Spiegel': Olmert to declare Goldwasser and Regev dead

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#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|| 2008-02-17 02:29|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-02-17 03:44|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2008-02-17 08:55|| Front Page Top

#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">Eric Jablow 2008-02-17 09:31|| 2008-02-17 09:31|| Front Page Top

#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 ~~freaks~~ neighbors for decades; they need all the resolve they can muster.

Not to mention the most updated ordnance....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-17 21:23|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-17 21:23|| Front Page Top

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