Comments on: Middle East Escalation

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:37:13 +0000

John -

I think if the Lebanese people want to go to war with Israel then their government should make that decision, not Hezbollah.

No – I don’t care about UN resolutions. There is a resolution that says the Lebanese are supposed to disarm Hezbollah. No one is fulfilling resolutions and all that happens is the creation of another resolution. It’s not working.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:14:32 +0000

The airport was bombed, as well as the road to Damascus, because the IDF learned that Hezballah was trying to exfiltrate the kindnapped prisoners to Iran. Imagine if you saw a hostage video coming from Iran next week showing the 2 Israeli soldiers in blindfolds. It would be World War 3. Israel is trying to prevent this. Public infrastructure can and must be targeted in times of war if it is used by the enemy to make war on you.

By: john

john — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:38:31 +0000

Monica,

Don’t you think it’s a double standard? Israel is in violation a a number of UN resolutions. Do you only condone UN means when it supports your cause. Since Israel has attacked Lebanon, shouldn’t Lebanon (not Hezbolla) have the same right to bomb sites in Israel, even civillian targets. Israel did not attack a millitary base, they bombed a civillian airport.

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:38:43 +0000

Big Daddy –

I almost thought you were serious until you wrote “or face military action from the UN”. Funny :-)

By: Big Daddy

Big Daddy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:23:04 +0000

Israel should receive strong condemnation from the UN Security Counsel, and ordered out of Lebanon or face military action from the UN (same stuff we are expecting to happen to Iran and North Korea). There is too much double-standards in the world.

Bombing civilian airports, sectors should not be tolerated.

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:49:28 +0000

Hezbollah are putting the Lebanese people at risk. They are fighting a war amongst the civilians and when civilians get killed they “martyr” them and exploit their deaths in their propoganda. The Lebanese government and people have to decide whether or not they want to support Hezbollah’s war. I feel sorry for the Lebanese, they just want to live their lives in peace. But this is their situation, be it fair or not.

Israel left two occupied areas and now they’re being attacked on both fronts. I can understand the response, even if I don’t understand the strategy.

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:33:13 +0000

As soon as the Lebanese prime minister comes out in support of Israel’s persecution of Hezballah and provides assistance in destroying Hezballah strongholds and hunting down the kidnappers, Israel should back off.

Until that time, the infrastucture that Hezballah uses to support their terrorist activity is fair game.

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:48:16 +0000

This, I think, is too much.

Escalation of this sort is not justified, as Israel is essentially defining Lebanon as a terrorist state.