CNN reports that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will continue its offensive until its captured soldiers are returned, a cease-fire is implemented and Lebanese soldiers are deployed along the border.
How do you implement a cease-fire while the offensive is continuing? That doesn't even make sense logically.
I'm not nit-picking here. That statement is a sign of the mindshift that needs to occur to stop the violence.
The Israelis need to look at their objectives and whether their actions are leading in that direction.
Lebanon will not move its troops into a hot zone, so as long as Israel attacks, that condition cannot be met.
Has there been any sign that Hezbollah is moving in the direction of releasing the captives? That condition will not be met so long as the attacks continue.
So, the attacks will be endless unless a new look at the whole issue is undertaken by the Israeli government.
If we walk along the wrong path, we'll never reach our destination.
GP
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Hezbollah is determined to stir up the embers of past conflict. Unless both parties legitemately want an end to hostilities, the hostilities will continue. Hezbollahs purpose is served by ongoing conflict
"Unless both parties legitemately want an end to hostilities, the hostilities will continue."
That just about sums it up for all conflict in the Middle East. In the meantime, innocent people die.
As for our President's quips caught on tape, I read a good posting on the Chicago Tribune's site today that sums it up well, and I quote...."moron is as moron does"
Prime Minister Olmert probably meant that the return of Israel's soldiers would be a prerequisite for the cease-fire, and that the government of Lebanon would retake control of its border following the cease-fire.
A policy of disproportionate response to attack works well for corporate firewalls. Of course, for some, that is the equivalant of an atomic response to a punch in the nose, which may not be so acceptable when people die, rather than data. I do not think that Israel has overstepped the boundary of reason, though -- especially when it is surrounded by nations whose stated goals are to destroy it.
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