Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
There is a price to pay for rising up against an oppressor, but it will always be cheaper than the price the Lebanese people are forced to pay every few years
For those of us Israelis walking around feeling depressed these days, like members of "Organization of the Oppressed on Earth", it ought to be said: even our political and military leadership isn't showing any signs of magical virtuosity in taking its strategic decisions - the IDF is neither destroying, crushing or eliminating every single katyusha rocket separately, nor is it crippling the Hizbullah.
It's important to remember, however, that under the current circumstances we're better off being in a bomb shelter in Haifa and not in a luxury apartment in Beirut.
We're still better off being a refugee from Naharyia on the Nizanim beach than a Lebanese refugee from Aita al-Shaab in the south of Lebanon. The lives of the majority of the Lebanese people have always been difficult. Now they are unbearable. In the box marked "profession" in Lebanese passports, it should read "the ill-fated."
Having said that, the tears we shed for the Lebanese have dried up. True, many of them despise the Hizbullah, and as we do, would love to be rid of them, but for years they haven't taken a single step to rid this curse from their doorstep. Are they powerless?
Price to pay
Smaller and weaker nations have challenged those who sought to oppose them, breaking their rebellious necks. Naturally, there is a price to pay for such an uprising; however it is always cheaper than the price the Lebanese people are forced to pay every few years. Are they submissive? Are they incapable?
Oh well, them let them host the Hizbullah guerillas in their apartments and let their heartfelt joy explode along with the ceiling that crushes on their heads.
Again IDF soldiers were killed yesterday while fighting Hizbullah in a fierce battle. It's almost ridiculous to write that the self imposed lull in the IDF's air strikes will end today. They will return to the Lebanese skies resuming their attacks, and the ground forces will seek to destroy Hizbullah cells up to the Litani River.
Up to the Litani River? We have already dipped our feet in the waters of the Litani, pushing back the terrorists from its banks, and it seems that we are destined to keep returning to the same place for the same old mission.
The most important thing for us today is to win. In the current situation, there is no choice other than continuing. But where to? The assumption and hope is that the political and military echelons know how far into Lebanon they are going and what would be considered an achievement and a victory.
