Go get 'em Israel!
By Felicia (Fee) Benamon (08/07/06)
Israel is doing what it should do, eliminating the threat of Hezbollah and Hamas from its borders. Israel has taken flack for doing what the U.S. would do in response to any aggressive action by the enemy; we would hunt those down who is responsible. Now is not the time to play cease fire games.
I'm shaking my head as the U.S. tries to draw up a plan for a lasting peace in the Mid-East. We should know by now that peace will not come when terror organizations like Hezbollah continue to exist.
The tactics used by them are deplorable. They were the aggressor against Israel in the beginning. If it were not for the kidnapping of 2 Israeli soldiers and the rocket attacks, Israel would not be advancing into Lebanon right now.
Instead of collaborating with the U.N. to put together a peace plan and cease fire, Secretary of State Condi Rice should state the truth, that Hezbollah should be eliminated. The Bush administration should not have to feel like they have to fall lockstep behind other nations in calling for some sort of peace plan.
If President Bush is serious about going after terrorists and the countries that harbor them, as he stated soon after 911, then he would let Israel finish the job.
Israel has made it their mission to root out Hezbollah, even giving civilians time to leave before their massive campaign against Hezbollah. Their goal is not to harm citizens of Lebanon. They are acting in the most humane way in this war. You think Hezbollah would extend the same courtesy to Israeli civilians?! I think not!
Civilians were told time and again to leave Lebanon, and if people ignored that warning and refused to leave, I have no sympathy. I truly believe that if only Lebanese civilians realized why Israel is targeting Lebanon, and realize that the reason for many of their problems has to do with Hezbollah, then there would be no outcry about a cease fire.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora screams for an immediate ceasefire. Yet, he has failed to uproot and dismantle operations of Hezbollah in Lebanon, allowing them to operate freely, so Israel is doing it for him.
In this ongoing campaign, Israel has been blamed for deaths across Lebanon. Specifically for the death of civilians in Qana, a village in Lebanon. But as the Israeli army investigates, the findings point to Hezbollah:
Lebanese website blames Hizbullah for Qana deaths
Anti-Syrian elements in Lebanon openly point finger at Hizbullah as guilty of killing of dozens of civilians in order to curtail plans for disarming group. 'Hizbullah has placed rocket launcher on building's roof and brought invalid children inside in bid to provoke Israeli response,' they write
Roee Nahmias
Is Hizbullah behind the tragic incident in the village of Qana that claimed the lives of some 60 people? While the Israeli army continues to investigate the circumstances leading to the building's collapse, some in Lebanon do not hesitate to point the finger at the Shiite organization and claim it is to blame for the death of dozens.
The Lebanese website LIBANOSCOPIE , associated with Christian elements in the country and which openly supports the anti-Syrian movement called the "March 14 Forces," reported that Hizbullah has masterminded a plan that would result in the killing of innocents in the Qana village, in a bid to foil Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's "Seven Points Plan", which calls for deployment of the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon and the disarming of Hizbullah.
(See: Lebanese website blames Hizbollah...below for more details)
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One has to surmise that Hezbollah is not incapable of using deplorable tactics to sway the outcome of their war against Israel. For that reason, they should be removed from this earth. We should NO MORE, placate the evil that exists in the form of terrorism! Hezbollah is not an organization which exists to help the people of Lebanon, like it is believed to be, but a murderous organization. The organization of Hamas falls into the same category among the Palestinians.
One main tactic used by terror groups is that they use children, whether it is indoctrination of extreme beliefs to take up martyrdom for "the cause," or they are strategically placed, as in the Qana case, in harms way for propaganda against their enemies...using children as human shields.
Another tactic; firing from among civilians, and in this case, from where I'd least expect them to, from Christian areas of Lebanon. In the mainly Christian area of Wadi Chahour in Lebanon, Hezbollah set up position in the town to launch rockets at Israel, so says an Australian journalist who obtained photos of Hezbollah fighters (See: Photos that damn Hezbollah below). It's a disgusting, sneaky tactic.
This is why Israel has rained down attacks on Christian areas in Lebanon. They are simply firing back at Hezbollah fighters. Certainly, Israel has no beef with Christians, and has no reason to strike in those areas of Lebanon.
Israel must strike back at enemy combatants no matter where they hide. The condemnation should be put on Hezbollah for conducting their sleazy war amidst civilian populations. But the U.N. seems to be biased in favor of Hezbollah.
It has been said that Hezbollah fighters have taken up position behind the U.N. and the U.N. seems to be playing Big Brother to Hezbollah and the Arab cause. Israel recently came under fire from the U.N. for the bombing of a U.N. post on the southern Lebanese border, killing 2 U.N. observers and leaving 2 more displaced. Israel has apologized and expressed regret for the deaths of the observers, but one has to wonder why the U.N. post was hit. Perhaps Hezbollah was present?
These terror organizations want only to see the blood of their enemy, Israel, and are not interested in living in peace. They will use whatever tactics necessary to bring down their opponent. The only solution is to uproot these terror organizations, to fight back.
Israel is fighting for her life, and let's be reminded that terrorists will not stop with Israel. Al-Qaida's second in command Ayman al-Zawahri issued a statement for all Muslims to expand their war on "tyrannical Western civilization and its leader, America."
Al-Qaida, he says, believes "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us."
Is this not a reason to stand firmly against terrorism? Those of us in the U.S. used to have the same mentality of Israel, to fight back, and not to appease. But we have grown weary and complacent when it comes to the War on Terror. Israel now is setting the example, and we should not tie their hands, but stand firmly behind them.
So, as I watch Israel's war with Hezbollah unfold, I am chanting, for good reason..."GO GET 'EM ISRAEL!"
Related Reading:
Lebanese website blames Hizbollah for Qana deaths:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3284514%2C00.html
Photos that damn Hezbollah:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,19955774-5007220,00.html#
Canadian Soldier Says UN Position Used As Cover By Hezbollah:
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004343191
Al-Zawahri: 'All the World Is a Battlefield':
http://newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?s=pf&page=http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/7/27/70745.shtml
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