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I salute Iran. They're ability to completely shift the world's attention from their nuclear misadventures to Israel is astounding. For those who don't know, Hizbollah is Iran's representation on the Mediterranean (with as much as $100 million going to the terrorist organization from Iran last year alone). Notice how the world isn't talking about
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Yes. Beirut is apparently obliterated at this point in time. Taking out the airport and any other modes of transportation was an excellent move on Israel's part. And all that bombing was effective. A lot of Lebanese civilians have died. At the same time, how many are hiding Hizbollah's bombs under their clothes? Hizbollah is a large portion of Lebanon's government, and Hizbollah is very popular with the Lebanese people. Not only are they a terrorist organization, but they give humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Sticky.
Israeli intelligence says that they've knocked out about 50% of Hizbollah's infrastructure--leaving the trickier stuff like land invasion to do.
I don't blame Israel. History shows how often issues/war with Lebanon have/has happened in the past two decades. I also don't like to see so many people--Lebanese people to boot--dying.
Apparently Israeli intelligence prevented several Hizbollah suicide bombings in major cities of Israel from happening. Kudos to Israel. They're tough.
Anyway.
I'm done for now.
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Israel's current response will get Hizbollah to stop harrassing them all the time. That's an excellent long term solution, because history proves that its been a long term problem.
Does my religion influence my opinion? Definately. I am pro Israel because I am a Christian, and I know that the Jews are God's chosen people, and those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel cursed. I basically bank off of the Bible.
I'm not sure I understand your question though.
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Diplomacy would of course be nice. I would love a world where you could sit down and broker a deal with terrorists. Unfortunately, terrorists believe themselves sent by God (or, more importantly, Iran) and thus whatever they do is justified (especially the deliberate targeting and killing of innocents). UN Resolution 1559 calls for the disarming of Hizbollah. However, like most UN resolutions, there were no teeth behind it and Hizbollah only grew stronger. Occasionally, it has been actions that get results and not empty words.
I would end with these questions: How do you compromise with people who refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist? And are you narrow minded enough to believe that violence only begets more violence?
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Your point of view seems to be that of moral equivalency: that the two sides in this conflict are moral equals.
If you had in fact followed the news as closely as you claim, you'd notice that one side of the conflict is actively targeting civilians (and has a staked interest in a rising body count) and another has in fact called ahead to residents of regions that may be bombed in order to warn them to vacate the area. Also, you might have picked up that Hezbollah is hiding weapons in civilian populations, an active war crime (to go along with actively targeting civilians).
You have yet to answer my more pressing question of how to negotiate a compromise with those who refuse to recognize Israel's right to exist. As Ellie Wiesel said on Fox News (as they get better interviews*) "How do you negotiate with someone who wants you dead?"
Of course, using the Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's logic, you are anti-Semitic for not denouncing Hezbollah (you might not know, but he called the Iraqi Prime Minister an anti-Semite for not denouncing Hezbollah or supporting Israel's right to defender herself).
Also it should be noted that Fox News is the #1 leading cable news channel, so it is QUITE mainstream (MSNBC, CNN, and Headline News COMBINED didn't get even close to Fox News during the ratings peak of the current crisis). It should also be noted that liberals bash it at their own peril (bashing someone's source of news won't get you votes or win an argument, though it will alienate the clear majority).
*A few weeks ago at the beginning of the current crisis former speaker of the house (and probable presidential candidate) Newt Gingrich, current US Ambassador the UN John Bolton, and (former presidential candidate) Rev Al Sharpton were all on the O'Reilly Factor on the same night. It almost goes without needing to be said that the O'Reilly factor is the leading cable news program.
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