Hezbollah shocked that appeasement is over

Jul 25, 2006 22:11

I have been discussing with friends that I thought Hezbollah miscalculated the response they would receive after kidnapping Israeli soldiers. Years of Israeli backing down from confrontations and giving back territory had helped create an atmosphere of expected leniency for Israel's enemies.

Hezbollah confirmed this today:
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - ( Read more... )

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alanesq July 26 2006, 04:10:07 UTC
Hopefully everyone witnessing Israel struggle with the evil that is Hezbollah will learn that appeasing your enemies never works and only puts you in a worse position when the time comes to confront them.

But... they need to confront their enemies only with proportional force... right?

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