I could have sworn that Hezbollah was spelled with an "i", although pronounced as if there was an "e". >_>;;
Anyhow... I figure, I might as well contribute my two bits. I just finished watching an interview with the Lebanese leader (president?), and he was saying that Hezbollah would not be disarmed because they stood up to big bad Isreal that likes to kill people and destroy everyone. He's all "did WE enter Isreal? No, but they invaded OUR country."
It goes along with what Pyru was saying about it not being Lebanon, but it being a terrorist organization which is not the country.
The problem is that Hezbollah provoked it, they started it, and so the theory is flawed. Did Isreal enter Lebanon? Yes. Guess where Hezbollah is? I'll give you three choices:
a) Lebanon
b) Lebanon
c) Disney Land
If you guessed "c", you'd be wrong. Otherwise, you're completely correct!
Anyhow, I'm on Isreal's side... do I agree with everything they've done? Obviously not. I agree with them bombing bridges and very strategic places, although I think that they should have taken more time and precision with their attacks. However, just because their accuracy wasn't 100% doesn't mean that they were intentionally trying to kill Lebonese. Certainly innocent life would be destroyed-- let's remember that war affects everyone, but just because Hezbollah sucks at killing people, doesn't mean that they wouldn't do much worse if they were able to.
And then we have that whole event with Isreal saying they had a top Hezbollah guy, and Hezbollah's all running behind the UN and saying "we've never heard of him! Those JEWS are making things up!"
And the UN (full of the European union and other corrupt, self-serving, economic regions) is acting awfully anti-semetic. Then again, they also hate us "ugly Americans", so perhaps it's not JUST the Jews. (If Mel Gibson wasn't a conservative, the UN would be all over him.)
I'm very much against the cease-fire. You have a temporary solution to a long-lasting problem. We all know that the Lebanese government (who supports Hezbollah) is going to continue to hide behind Hezbollah, rally the anti-semetic UN behind them (I was going to say "in front of", but then I remembered: "hey, it's the UN!"), and continue to try and make Isreal look like the bad guys when they're supporting terrorists.
I disagree with Israels reprisal attacks, two wrongs don't make a right, and they've taken that 2 steps further.
What was it that they did wrong? Fighting in the interest of national security?
Personally, Israel should give palestine back to the Palestinians, otherwise learn to live in peace with them and share the land.
And we ought to give Texas back to Mexico...
...how about: if we keep on bringing the past up, then life will suck. Black people will remember slavery. The Scottish will remember England, etc., etc.
It's pointless to make senseless claims about what belongs to who.
Fair enough. But nor should they kill a disproportionately large number of innocent civilians to achieve their aims.
Listen: the innocents are regretable. But it's not like Isreal has the advantage of seeing huges signs labled "Hezbollah military base", like others do the US (and they STILL aim for New York... man: no wonder we try to teach these people English... they sure could use a bit of help).
So when you have a gorilla warfare styled war: you aim for strategic and specific places: bridges, Hezbollah "hideouts", etc., etc.
Just sayin'. They should be a little more careful about say, not shooting at UN peacekeeping forces and Lebanese civilians.
Because they have the benefit of seeing Hezbollah in bright and conformed uniforms.
And about the UN peacekeepers: as they say on Hotel Rwanda: "they're 'peace keepers' not peace makers".
So they have a pointless, crappy job. I feel sorry for them.
On a similar topic, what do you think of the ceasefire? I, for one, believe it averted what could have very well turned into a World War 3... the situations seemed to eerily mirror the events leading up to the first World War.
No, WWIII is as much a threat now as ever. Because remember all these alliances with Iran, North Korea, etc., etc. So all anyone really needs to do is start attacking one of these countries, and we'll have the same effect. A ceasefire that won't last in one area doesn't mean a thing.
I know what you mean: it halted some temporary conflicts. It saved innocent life. Which is good... but... the Lebanese government is still supporting Hezbollah, won't disarm them, and it's only a matter of time before they attack Isreal yet again. Which is why it wasn't a very smart decision. It was a political decision.
Which is the thing that drives me to neo-conservatism. I LOVE liberal policies (no, not the domestic ones, the others). And I'd love it if we could abolish the military... but we've got to think things through. We've got to be smart about it. Just because innocents died, doesn't mean that it was a war against innocents. Besides, their lives were taken at a cost that would save many, many more than were lost.
It's a moral sort of issue: if you could kill one terrorist, that-- if left alive would kill thousands of others, would you kill him? From a moral standpoint, I'd be compelled to kill him! Certainly, let's take alternative routes! That'd be great, but there comes a point where you can't take the risk of letting thousands of people die, just by trying to protect a terrorist's "right" to life.
At the same rate, I think it's stupid how you're not allowed to bring magazines, etc., etc. temporarily on airline flights. It just shows that the terrorists are succeeding at taking away our freedom.
Anywho, I know that my post was pretty scattered, and not focused simply on this topic, but on the war on terror in general, but I think it all connects.
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As for the UN, I think this situation shows that the UN is capable of, temporarily at least, halting the military activities, though it also makes clear they're not that fast and the treaty is certainly not a definite solution to the problem.
Which really doesn't say anything about the UN being useful in any way, shape, or form.
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