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Originally Posted by USAMMAFAN
I think they should accept the cease fire (providing hezbollah does) and sit down at the UN with Lebanon and try to negotiate a peace. I dont necissarly think UN peace keepers in lebanon would be such a bad thing.
What are they accomplishng now? Do you really think they are destroying Hezbollah with this ham-fisted approach? If anything they are solidifying support for Hezzbollah in lebanon and in the rest of the world.
But that is just my opinion.
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Not a flame here. You make good points, and alot of the world agrees with your points. I have some concerns with these points.
1. Who knows how much damage is being done to Hezbollah. I don't trust arab news outlets to be straight when dealing with Israel. Of course, everyone is stating that all killed are civilians. But, since Hezbollah doesn't wear uniforms, whose to say who are cilvilians and who are combatants. Israel reportedly has a good system of determining where rockets are fired from and sending back immediate strikes. To think that these blasts, coupled with the ground fighting in So. Leb hasn't resulted in a good many Hez casualties is naive. I saw a report this morning from a corrospondent at a lebonese port city. A 7 story apartment bldg was leveled yesterday. It turns out there was a hez commander living and running operations out of the bldg. because of warnings from Israel, there were no fatalities from the bombing. the funny thing is, there had been many outgoing missiles coming from the area in the every day, and none had been fired from the position today.
2. negotiating with Lebanon might be the final resort. But realisitically, Lebanon has not been abile/willing to control Hezbollah in the past. Why should anyone expect any provisions given by Lebanon be respected or enforced on the real enemy, hezbollah.