UPDATE (31 July): See Arms and Influence, where Kingdaddy notes in a post entitled “Israel’s Failed Strategy,” among other things, that Israel’s military strategy in recent years has been to swap its “scalpel for a meat cleaver as its military instrument of choice.” The “meat cleaver” here is the over-use of airpower. Kingdaddy also notes, in an earlier post, that “The Bush Administration has watched as two cities, New Orleans and Beirut, have been destroyed.” Indeed.
I’ve been doing my best to stay relatively clear of the Israel-Hezbollah/Lebanon war. But I think that the impact of the news I woke up to this morning–the attack on civilians in Qana (of all places), the cancellation by the Lebanese government of the US Secretary of State’s visit, and the mob attack on UN offices in Beirut–was best summed up by Jonathan:
It’s a tragic situation and once more Bush and Blair sit on their arses doing nothing. I was hoping the EU might kick into gear but holidays are probably taking precedence over international conflicts.
Israel is digging it’s own grave. Im sad to say, but sooner or later all this clap trap about protecting borders will have to stop. The root cause of the problem is, tragically, that Tel Aviv genuinely believe’s that it has a RIGHT to occupy certain parts of the West Bank. Until a Palestinian state is formed, Israel will go on getting the sh*t kicked out of it.
Seed planted by Matt Jay — 31 July 2006 @ 07:43
Furthermore I watched an interview on BBC World a few months ago with P.M Sinorai. In that he spoke of the need for the international community to assist his fledgling nation in disarming Hezbollah. Did anyone help? No. At the time I didn’t think of what the consequences would be, but I think it’s plain to see now.
Seed planted by Matt Jay — 31 July 2006 @ 07:47