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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (191808)7/17/2006 3:08:41 AM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "Israel should have called upon the UNSC to support it's providing assistance and coordination with Lebanon to disarm Hizbullah."

I doubt that the UNSC would have been very supportive of Israel. They might have suggested, for example, that Israel take revenge by crossing the border into Lebanon and kidnapping two Lebanese. That's not what Israel wanted to hear.

Re: "And in the meantime it could still call up its reserves, conduct air strikes against Hizbullah positions in the South."

I think that we both realize that there is no way those rockets are going to stop falling without the Israeli army going into the southernmost 30 miles of Lebanon. And to do that, they have to call up their reserves. So where is the call up?

I keep watching for it, but no sign. The only reserves getting called up are of the type that would suggest that all the Israelis are going to do is some bombing raids.

It reminds me of the futility of the US bombing Iraq for all those years. But in the face of the futility of actually invading Iraq, the bombing campaign looks intelligent in retrospect. Of course my suggestion at the time was to make peace with Saddam and leave the place alone.

I really don't think Israel has any good choices. Their basic problem is maintaining their country as an attractive place to live. Neither invading Lebanon nor allowing the Lebanese to pelt them with missiles will allow this.

-- Carl
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