According to press releases (Hizballah play the press like a fiddle), they are still alive. So here's a reverse question. A part of the government of Lebanon attacked a sovereign country and kidnapped two of its citizens. Does this make the rest of the government responsible? I'd think so. Why isn't the Lebanese government telling Hizballah to stop and return the soldiers?
I'm not sure what Afghanistan-like situation your referring to, but either Hizballah is part of the government and subject to its rules or it's not. > all good points. Suppose however that those two soldiers are already dead? > I > am not get into history, which I know you know better than I do. I am just > asking for input. I can definitely see the security problem with > Hizbollah. > But what if (and I don't know that this is the case) it's an > Afghanistan-like situaton where the government can't do that? What would > you > suggest then? > > On 7/28/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Israel has given what it needs for a ceasefire. No one else calling for a >> ceasefile has even mentioned those needs. The kidnapped soldiers have to >> be >> returned. The root of all this was a kidnapping over the international >> border by a part of the Lebanese government and that has to be rectified. >> The second thing is that Hizballah has to be removed from the border as a >> threat. If this is not done, then the ceasefire will just be a re-arming >> time for them until the next time they attack (in a week by their >> record). >> Finally, Lebanon has to put their soldiers on the border as they agreed >> to. >> >> Do you see any of these things happening? If not, then any ceasefire is a >> joke and an attempt to stop Israel from defending itself and returning >> it's >> kidnapped citizens. >> >> But what do you expect from the UN, which blaims Israel for attacking a >> UN >> position where Hizballah fighters are shooting from yet ignores when >> Hizballah both used these positions as human shields and actually shoots >> at >> them. >> It's another "hey Jews, roll over and play dead. Oh, don't play" >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
