Israel been duped big time. Israel once again used as the canary in the coal mine. Ha ha, the US and others care for the saftey of Israel yet they race to get a bad cease fire to stop us from doing our job. Do you think the US and France co-authors of that resolution to keep the ruthless leaders of the arab world happy and Israel unsafe were 'unaware' Hezbollah would not disarm? Then of course there is Lebanon itself who are unwilling to disarm Hezbollah just like the PA is unwilling. They don't have to go along with the mandate set for them. History tells them so. Yes. So they laugh and mock those who are too weak to address these issues. Hezbollah, Lebanon, Syria and Iran getting away with murder just like the PA have gotten away with murder. And no one blinks. This is what I mean when I say 'beating up our own simply diverts attention from the real issues.'

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"But then, under pressure from the US, Defense Minister Amir Peretz made a frantic call to Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz and ordered him to stop the division in its tracks. "We need to give the diplomatic process one last chance," Peretz told Halutz. The orders trickled down the chain of command and by the time they reached 366, it had already reached Marjayoun, a stone's throw from the Litani. With the UN Security Council on the verge of passing a cease-fire resolution, the IDF understood on Thursday that Operation Change of Direction was ending, for better or for worse. The IDF was disappointed. Senior officers said they had been looking forward to the fight. Reaching the Litani and eliminating Hizbullah from the villages on the way could have provided, senior officers believe, the victory that Israel has been trying to obtain since July 12. By Thursday night, the chance of that happening was drifting away. The only way to hurt Hizbullah, a high-ranking officer in the Northern Command said, was to use the military. "Diplomatic processes will not achieve the right effect," he said, acknowledging that the incursion up to the Litani was not to be. "The key is the military operation. That is the only way to stop Hizbullah." But the political echelon thinks differently, and from the first day of this war the politicians, senior officers said, held the IDF back from escalating its offensive and hitting Hizbullah hard. First it was the massive air campaign. Then came the limited, pinpoint ground raids. Only when all that failed did Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his cabinet approve a large-scale incursion into Lebanon and the re-creation of the security zone. This wishy-washy decision-making process cost the IDF lives, according to one senior officer. "A military force always needs to be on the offensive, pushing forward and keeping the enemy on its toes," he said. "When you sit still for too long, you turn into a target and you begin to get hit again and again." That is what has been happening. Over the past 30 days of fighting Hizbullah, the army has lost 83 soldiers, 35 of them this week. "That is what happens when you sit still and don't move," the officer said. "The enemy fortifies its positions and gains the upper hand."

When their lips are moving!

Israel to comply with UN resolution242.

She's heading into the Koffi session trying to figure out how she will announce the handover of Shaba.

As far as Boim goes. Anyone in that cabinet room during the war must be terminated. I love all the cabinet members grandstanding at this point. They look & sound like chickens in the slaughterhouse sqwaking and flailing their wings before their date with destiny. I wish them a painless but swift demise so Israel can recover from this disaster and move on.

They have. That's why they passed a watered-down resolution that GUARANTEES new hostilities within six months

We r still waiting for the arab world to comply with UN res. 242....why don't you read it!

I see israel goverment learned nothing from what happened.if your ministers are threatening to hit infrastructure in lebanon to make pressure on lebanese goverment ,this will lead to hit all north of israel & one more time 2000000 israeli will go to vacation to Ilat in thesouth

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I wonder if the IDF and the Israeli government did learn anything from the harsh blow dealt by the Hizballah movement.

lebanese, do you still have a house? Yes, I saw your leaders claim victory over Israel... You poor fools. And Pierre, I expect that from a surrendering frog. You should be ashamed to talk about war at all.

Please read FIRST and then tell me in an intelligent manner what your argument is. Thanks U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 242 NOVEMBER 22, 1967 The Security Council, Expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the Middle East, Emphasizing the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war and the need to work for a just and lasting peace in which every State in the area can live in security, Emphasizing further that all Member States in their acceptance of the Charter of the United Nations have undertaken a commitment to act in accordance with Article 2 of the Charter, Affirms that the fulfillment of Charter principles requires the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East which should include the application of both the following principles: Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict; Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgement of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force; Affirms further the necessity For guaranteeing freedom of navigation through international waterways in the area; For achieving a just settlement of the refugee problem; For guaranteeing the territorial inviolability and political independence of every State in the area, through measures including the establishment of demilitarized zones; Requests the Secretary General to designate a Special Representative to proceed to the Middle East to establish and maintain contacts with the States concerned in order to promote agreement and assist efforts to achieve a peaceful and accepted settlement in accordance with the provisions and principles in this resolution; Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on the progress of the efforts of the Special Representative as soon as possible.

Please stop blowing HOT air. First, you have no clue what your talking about. Second, if you have a point why dont you come down to the ME and make?! The funny part is that I've read similar comments from Israelis. Thanks.

That you still haven't realized that thanks to hezzbulah and the ayatollahs, lebanon has ONLY SIX MONTHS TO LIVE. R.I.P.!

"This is what I mean when I say 'beating up our own simply diverts attention from the real issues." This is exactly where the world wants Israelis. As if enough others are not beating up enough on Israel for a war they did not want. If it were not so tragic it would be laughable. Friends of Israel are angry at the way the war was executed. Saying nothing as though there were not a joint UN US resolution for cease fire. .....All the while being good little soldiers saying nothing about the major flaws in the Iraq war. Friends? But hey, everyone needs someone to kick around.

You copies the entire email from the net... only in its previous incarnation it was the Burma foreign Policy documents... Plagurism ain't pretty, especially when you get found out.

Does anyone believe in the validity of Hizbullah and/or the Untied Nations? Has the Untied Nations prevented any wars in its history? Does it only exist to protect terrorist groups whose main purpose is to destroy the lives of other people, in the name of spreading Islam by the sword? My advice is to learn and study history. Finally, people should internalize the state of yhe world in a "modern, progressive'' age..

A couple thoughts on this: (1) despite all the initial talk about winners and losers in the "First Iranian War," we will only have a good sense of who actually won or lost when we know how the end game plays out; (2) If Hebullah is disarmed, then Israel (and the rest of us!) will have won an enormous victory, irrespective of the boastful talk from Nasralleh, Syria and Iran; (3) If Hezbollah is not disarmed, Israel had better figure out how to take out the Katushas and then act with a new battle plan; (4) As feckless as the UN is, Israel has to learn how to better play that organization and the world media-- for example, instead of the foreign minister merely seeking a meeting with Anan, Ohlmert ought to dramatically turn up the heat by demanding an urgent Security Council meeting on Hezballah's refusal to disarm and he ought to demand a meeting every week in order to keep the issue in the forefront; (4) Israel ought to make it absolutely clear that it will not withdraw until the international force is in place and that it has actually begun, with the Lebanese Army, the dismantling of Hezbullah; (5) Israel ought to make it clear that it won't wait forever for that dismantling to happen, and that if it doesn't happen soon, Israel will feel free to take action on its own; (6) the Israeli people ought to understand that their action against Hezbullah was both brave and noble, and that while there were certainly mistakes made in the battle plan, Israel forced the "international community" to at least recognize the Hezbullah problem by the ferocity of its attack on Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. Your job, now, is to not let the rest of the world "move on" from this danger to some other less stressful topic.

And Hezbollah didnt deal any harsh blows to Israel. You Arabs are lucky the leadership in Israel is so weak right now they wont even let the IDF do its job. Even so, Lebanon and Hezb got wrecked.

How many more times do we have to tell you "I TOLD YOU SO". Now you are starting to eat you voting stupitidy. You voted the DUMBest people to run your country.

actually most comments I have read that are actually intelligent and make sense are from the the Israeli's and Americans... and the ones from Lebanon are just ignorant attacks. To progressive, modern societies thats obvious. Since you can't uphold your own country, I guess how can the rest of the world expect you to interact on an intellectual level. Maybe instead of buying into terrorist groups that the world does NOT recognize, you'd be taken more serioulsy.

French Homeland Security Levels: Level 1: Collude Level 2: Surrender Level 3: Wet Pants Level 4: Cower Level 5: Act Snooty You Islamists and collaborators celebrate very low standards, that you fail to achieve.

"I've been reading Israeli Foreign Policy documents" How about you read up on how muslims are now DEMANDING sharia law in Great Britain.

"I wonder if the IDF and the Israeli government did learn anything from the harsh blow dealt by the Hizballah movement." I wonder if the frogs learned anything from the harsh blow dealt to them by the Nazi's? Do you still have your white flags available for the muslim infestation in your pathetic country?

"Please stop blowing HOT air" That's not coming from me...that hot air is from all of the fires you losers have had to put out. "First, you have no clue what your talking about" Oh yes we do. You're just too stupid to realize the danger Hezbollah has brought to your country and when you come whinning to the world after they start mistreating you....I get to tell you to shove it!!!! "if you have a point why dont you come down to ME and make?" Typical savage response. Threaten those who disagree with you. And you have the nerve to call Israeli terrorists?

I was going to respond again to "Mr. Lebanese" but you did such a good job, I don't need to. LOL! Very well said! (He never did answer wether his house was still standing or not) LOL! Sorry, I couldn't let that one go...