Isreal bombs Beirut, Lebanon.
Why?
Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the border and kidnapped 2 Isreali soldiers.
Was the government in on it?
Well, technically, Hezbollah officials in the group's civillian arm hold seats in the Lebanese Parliament. However, Hezbollah does have guerrilla groups that are apart of an irregular paramilitary unit that operates in small bands to harass and undermine the enemy... including surprise raids.
What is Hezbollah?
Hezbollah is the main pollitical party representing Lebanon's most religious sect, the Shia community. Their aim is to make Lebanon an Islamic state. Now, we all know that Lebanon is NOT an Islamic state, and in order to be able to be an Islamic state it would require the people of Lebanon to support this infrastructure. They can barely drum up 10% of the population to support this cause.
So it's unlikely the kidnapping was apart of a major Lebanese plot to stick it to their Isreali neighbours.
So why the bombings?
Because they can.
So what's the US Saying?
Isreal has a right to defend their people. The condemn the kidnapping. They hold Syria and Iran responsible as well for their historic support of Hezbollah.
Bush also seems to be holding the Lebanese Government responsible as well.
The kidnapping is awful. In my opinion it does not warrant the attacks that are obviously aimed at civilians. This includes the bombings of airports and hospitals, granted in Hezbollah ran territories, but, does that mean the 20 odd people killed were all involved in the plot.
Hezbollah officials did make an announcement prior to the bombings that they were willing to enter in prisoner exchange talks with Isreal.
This was denied.
It is reported that talks are underway with Egypt as a mediator.
Yes, Isreal has a right to maintain security for their people. Especially for soldiers kidnapped.
Terrorising the innocent is not the best way to do it. Regardless if the organization responsible had an agenda at one point to derail the Palestinian/Isreali peace process.
Isreal, stop taking a page out of the US' book! Bombing people DOES NOT solve your problems in the long term! So it's assumed that the airport was a major hub for importing weapons, well inspect with the UN, get some info and then take the next logical, peaceful and appropriate action to demand a resolution.
Bombing the shit out of places really doesn't solve anything.
Imagine if Canada bombed assumed FLQ headquarters back in the day... my GOD! How many soldiers from around the world have been kidnapped by terrorist organizations!! That does NOT warrant death and destruction.
President Bush might condone your actions Isreal (and Isreal's government does include Palestinians, so this is not a Palestinian/Isreali conflict arguement here), but, President Bush isn't a smart man.
Karmacake is STRONGLY against your actions. WE DO NOT CONDONE YOUR ACTIVITIES FOR THE WANT DESTRUCTION OF THE SECURITY OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Prez Bush Should Just Stop Talking!
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KarmaCake
7/13/2006 12:11:00 PM
@karmacakedotca
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Of course the Lebanese are partly responsible for this mess! Aside from the fact that members of Hezbollah SIT AS CABINET MINISTERS (and thus are clearly part of the Lebanese government), Lebanon has happily sheltered this group for the last umpteen years. Lebanon has had ample opportunity to address the Hezbollah situation but has chosen not to because: (a) this might alienate south Lebanon; and (b) the threat posed by Hezbollah to Israel's northern border was not perceived as Lebanon's problem.
And to suggest that the Israelis are bombing targets in Lebanon "because they can" is irresponsible. Israelis are not bloodthirsty animals who kill because they have nothing better to do. They see a real threat from a terrorist organization that is controlled Syria/Iran and are trying to apply pressure to Lebanon's government TO DO SOMETHING.
You also might like to note that Hezbollah has continued to lob rockets at northern Israel and is deliberately targetting large civilian centres, like Haifa.
Final thoughts: There have been a lot of positive developments in Lebanon in the last 10 to 20 years -- the end of civil war, Israeli withdrawal from the south, end of Syria's control of the Lebanese government, etc. Maybe this whole mess will finally give Lebanon the impetus to crack down on Hezbollah for once and for all. Perhaps it will also convince Lebanon/Israel that a peace treaty is necessary so that no further civilians die in stupid pissing matches. Lebanon may emerge from all of this a stronger state than before.