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To: bentway who wrote (300235)	8/16/2006 12:36:39 PM
From: Sdgla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578881

Here is Steyn's explanation of what is at stake.......... maybe you will understand why we cannot cut and run after reading the entire column : Pan-Islamism challenges idea of nation state < Lebanon is a sovereign state. It has an executive and a military. But its military has less sophisticated weaponry than Hezbollah and its executive wields less authority over its jurisdiction than Hezbollah. In the old days, the Lebanese government would have fallen and Hezbollah would have formally supplanted the state. But non-state actors like the Hezbo crowd and al-Qaida have no interest in graduating to statehood. They've got bigger fish to fry. If you're interested in establishing a global caliphate, getting a U.N. seat and an Olympic team only gets in the way. The "sovereign" state is of use to such groups merely as a base of operations, as Afghanistan was and Lebanon is. They act locally but they think globally.> suntimes.com

To: bentway who wrote (300235)	8/16/2006 4:45:11 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578881

Chris, you are looking at one point on the timeline.......there have back and forths between Hezbollah and Israel since Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000. In addition, Israeli jets and drones on spying missions continuously fly over Lebanese airspace.

To: bentway who wrote (300235)	8/16/2006 6:52:49 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578881

I think saying we should cut Israel loose is a wild overreaction. That would basically be giving in to people no better than Hitler. There can be no giving in to fascists, because every inch given up is a mile more they want. Now, I don't believe we should go to war against a country to enforce Democracy, but I do believe all Democratic nations should go to war to prevent a thriving Democracy like Israel from getting attacked by fascists and terrorists.