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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (12211)	8/11/2006 4:19:31 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) of 22250

Israel is not a country endowed with a military, it's a military endowed with a country. Moshe Dayan, en.wikipedia.org The current war on Lebanon fulfills an important, if overlooked, "psychological" goal as well.... Remember the trauma caused by Israel's withdrawal from Gaza. Only an Israeli PM the stature of Ariel Sharon could pull it off, and yet, the IDF's image was badly affected as Israelis watched their soldiers forcibly expelling Jewish settlers out of their Gaza dwellings.... It's clear that Olmert desperately needed a "good war" against an external enemy --against the Arabs, Israel's perennial foes-- to turn it around and rally the country behind the military... And opinion polls proved him right: Polls: Israelis support incursion into Lebanon 80 percent approve of offensive; 74 percent say Olmert is doing great job Updated: 6:29 p.m. ET Aug. 1, 2006 JERUSALEM - Polls show wall-to-wall support for Israel’s fight against Hezbollah, even with Israeli civilians enduring a barrage of rocket fire and the army poised for a sweeping ground offensive that is sure to lead to more casualties. Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon sparked the largest anti-war demonstrations in Israel’s history — causing fractures in Israeli society that have barely healed. But this time it’s different. [...] msnbc.msn.com

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