Posted on 08/01/2006 12:07:13 PM PDT by Incorrigible
The Israelis are precision bombing rocket launchers. Lebanese citizens hide these launchers in their homes.
The Israelis did not start this incursion because of the kidnapping of two soldiers. This is the culmination of five years of rockets being launched into northern Israel by Hezbollah, killing Israeli citizens.
They had had enough.
You don't know the solution but you know bombing is not it. How do you know, if you have no other solution?
If your neighbor was shooting at your home, every night, at some point you'd want to stop the shooting, so you or some member of your family is not killed.
You'd call the cops. Well, the stinking UN is the "cops" here, which means there are no cops.
The fact is, Hezzbollah has to be stopped, and Israel is the only military in the region that can do it. And they are doing it. And they must be allowed to do it.
Obviously Lebanon can't do it, or won't do it.
Sad to hear.
Meanwhile:
Christian Arabs indict the US --if America intervened MORE, everything would be peachy. The US is strong, but instead sits on her hands, and these people say that's bad.
Stalwart Zionists say US diplomats reign Israel in, keeping her from doing what everyone knows has to get done...
Hollywood Jews say the US is a rich Fourth Reich that provides bombs against used against a passionate, ancient people who just need to be listened to and understood.
Hey, my head hurts...
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." (Prov:9:10)
I, for one, am SHOCKED that so many Christians would rather live in a first world country as full citizens rather than a third world anarchcracy as dhimmis.
I was not trying to defend Hamas or suggesting that they should be held to a lower standard. I was explaining their rise to power and what were the circumstances that created them. When you see the same thing happening in Lebanon with Hezbollah, I hope you don't think it's a coincidence.
The bottom line is that if the government does not take care of people it's responsible for, the people will turn to whoever they perceive as helping them. Then any radical group or country can buy their loyalty on the cheap. The Israeli and Lebanese governments washed their hands off certain people (the Palestinians and the Lebanese Shiaa respectively). They are reaping the rewards.
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