stevo

nope. not at all. if everything is grey, then why fight? Do you still not understand what is going on here? That this is much more than just a small group of people fighting israel? What is happening in Lebanon is part of the struggle between syria and iran on the one side and israel on the other. It is between people who have stated over and over they wish to see israel wiped off the face of the planet. What is israel to do? negotiate? pull back?

Here's some information: After israel withdrew from gaza, over the last 5 months over 800 kassam rockets were fired into southwest israel. Then hamas kills 2 soldiers and takes 1 hostage. a few days later, completely unprovoked, hezbollah deicdes they like that idea, mount several raids, kill 8 israeli soldiers and kidnap 2.

and israel should negotiate? hold back? submit to world pressure. the same world pressure that let UN Res. 1559 go unfulfilled. If israel were to submit to an internationally-imposed ceasefire without completely descimating hezbollah, nothing would have been acomplished but death and destruction. No lasting positive results would come. Hezbollah would take a year or two to re-group, re-arm, and be emboldened, knowing they can attack israel at will and wait for the international community to call off israel's retaliation. All the while Iran will be coming closer and closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Perhaps not to use overtly, but to hold over the region's head, so to speak.

Any international force sent in for a "peace-keeping" mission will ultimately become terrorist targets in light blue hats. What makes you, or anyone, think that tucks full of explolsives won't be driven into buildings housing the peace-keepers, a-la beirut 1983 when 241 americans and 58 french soldiers were killed by hezbollah terrorists?

This is black and white. clearly black and white. this entire situation will not have a resolution until the ones unwilling to negotiate, the ones that do not want peace - READ: iran, syria, islamic militants - ARE DEAD. and the ones remaining realize there is no sense in fighting and dying anymore since israel isn't going anywhere.

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