Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Israel escalates war in Lebanon

The IDF has moved over 8,000 troups into Southern Lebanon in their latest attempt to root out Hezbullah guerillas. This is a new massive front in this war and I can only hope that they are successful.

Israel has been waging a war of survival since 1948 and when peace seems to be just around the corner for them, another Muslim group comes along and tries to destroy it. What I find interesting about this war is that with the exception of Syria and Iran, I have heard little in the way of other Arab nations truly calling out for Israel to stop. There is a huge void of silence coming from the likes of Egypt (with whom Israel has a peace accord that is still standing today), Saudia Arabia, Afganistan, Kuwait, etc.

I am no longer concerned with collateral damage. Sorry, but war is war and there always have been and always will be innocent people killed. This was a unprovoked attack upon Israel by Hezbullah across the Israeli border; to ignore it and negotiate would have welcomed further attacks.

You cannot negotiate with terrorists. Pure and simple. All I am concerned with at this point is that Israel is able to finally put an end to this group and their continous attacks on their land.

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