MSNBC reports that Hezbollah has rejected a peace proposal brought to Lebanon by Sec. of State Rice.
Rice's peace package included a cease-fire, simultaneous with the deployment of the Lebanese army and an international force in south Lebanon and the removal of Hezbollah weapons from a buffer zone extending 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, according to a source in the MSNBC article.
A proposal that was not in the least unreasonable.
While Israel has been properly criticized for the civilian deaths they have caused, we must remember that Hezbollah has targeted civilians as well- but their weapons are simply not effective enough to cause the harm they wish to do. Hezbollah also continues to put both Israeli and Lebanese civilians at risk by rejecting a reasonable peace proposal.
Currently the Lebanese population is still quite supportive of Hezbollah. Perhaps as time passes a more realistic understanding will set in- a realization that Hezbollah has brought great harm to Lebanon and is no friend to the Lebanese people.
GP
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If Hezbollah is acting outside of Lebanese law, then Lebanon is responsible for getting them under control since they are on their soil. If not, the Israelis can not be faulted for acting.
if Hezbollah is acting with the concurrence of Lebanon, then it is an act of war and the Israelis are still justified in acting.
The UN and some of the press can not seem to figure that out
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