** Private ** wrote: > Jochem wrote: >> The majority of the people in Lebanon do not support or even condone >> the military branch of Hezbollah. > > Well written piece there. A just released poll said that 87% of > Lebonese support Hezbollah.
But what question did that poll ask? After a bomb falls, who is first on the scene? Is it some UN support organization? Is it the Red Cross? No, it is Hezbollah. They are there to bring people to a hospital, apply a band aid or just talk to the press. Were they asking about that part of the Hezbollah operation, or about what the military branch of Hezbollah does? (Or even did during the civil war?) > The summary to me so far is: > > Israel has, by their own admission, pursued a stupid policy and is now > looking for ways to diminish the fallout from their mistake. But also > to continue to make progress against Hezbollah. I don't buy it: Israel is not stupid. Everything that has happened so far was entirely predictable and hence it is only logical to assume Israel has predicted that. I am even considering the possibility that the death of several UN peacekeepers was part of the calculations done beforehand to test if the UN would show some resolve or just crumble at the first body-bag. So far all I am seeing is that Israel has deliberately escalated the conflict because the process didn't go anywhere. And they have not escalated it so far that they can't go back or that they jeopardise their relation with the US. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:212682 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
