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Originally Posted by willravel
Of course it's correct. Israel hates Lebanon. They have the opportunity to attack them and what do they do? They show extreemly excessive force that doesn't effect the Hezbollah, but it does kill many innocent Lebanese civilians.
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This is an extreme over-exaggeration. If Israel wanted to kill Lebanese, they would simply target major cities or start shooting civilians. They haven't, though. Look at their targets-- Bridges, roads, airports and other structures which could be used to transport supllies to Hezbollah. It's a military tactic which has been used for centuries.
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Well since we never went after Saudi Arabia after 9/11, I'd say that the US is likely to simply let it go. Wait, Israel can now not only bomb Lebanon, ut they can invade, too? Maybe we should escalate this further, and give Israel moral permission to nuke Lebanon's major cities (so the can destroy the Hezbollah infurstructure). I mean that seems to be a reasonable response to having two soldiers kidnapped.
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You know as well as I do that this is about more than just two soldiers being kidnapped. This is about taking a stand against Hezbollah, who has been content to attack Israel week after week, regardless of the concessions Israel has made.
If the countries in which Hezbollah resides refuse to do anything about them, then Israel is going to do something about them. What fool would continue to allow someone to attack them without retaliating?
If a radical group in Canada continued to fire rockets at major US cities with the Canadian government doing absolutely nothing about it, how long do you think it would take the United States to take matters into it's own hands?
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They hold some power, but they are not the government. It's a like sayign that the Independants here in the US hold political power. They do on a simplistic level, but in reality they basically have none.
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Sorry, but I'm going to have to disagree with that.
Hezbollah has been around since 1982/1983. They are openly anti-Israel and they attack Israel almost weekly. It's not as if they were voted into power under false pretenses. Those who voted for them knew what policies they would take towards Israel. No, I'm not saying that everyone supports them, but apparently enough people support Hezbollah, otherwise they wouldn't have the political influence in Lebanon that they do.
When a terrorist organization is incorporated into your government, you are going to cause problems for yourself and your citizens.
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How about Hezbollah? The people who are no dead are not Hezbollah, and that's the point. Israel is foolish. Israel is going to create MORE enemies from this move. Did you know that some of the casualties were Israeli?
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So Israel should sit around and do nothing while being continually attacked. That would be foolish. Or should they try diplomacy? Well, it's a bit hard to make peace with someone who doesn't want to make peace with you. Israel has bent over backwards trying to appease most Arab nations, and what they get in return is constant attacks.
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Originally Posted by percy
If Israel keeps this state sponsored terrorism up, they should be sactioned and held accountable for war crimes. But that will never happen. They are and will always be above the law. They in my eyes are no different from Hezbollah, Hamas and the rest. Terrorists them all.
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Neither side is perfect, but Israel is the only country who has made any type of attempts at establishing peace. I know I've said this once before, but one more time can't hurt. You can't make peace with someone who doesn't want to make peace with you.
If the Arab countries are going to continue to attack Israel amidst Israel's attempts at peace, then they run the risk of Israel retaliating. It's as simple as that.
There isn't one country which would act any differently than Israel has in this situation.