Hezbollah is with Barrel Bomb of Women and Children Baath -Fatah Torturers proving the Jews Deterrant army the IDF is very needed on this planet of War Criminals GangsterMobs and Psychosuicidal -MassMurderers .

After all he was the person who offered Yassir Arafat 99% of Arafat's demand's including parts of Jerusalem only to see it rejected. Barak was soundly defeated and removed from office never to have much hold on the Israeli public. A true low level of intelligence and a disgrace for an Israel leader.

... for which Israel pays dearly to this day... Yes... it's understood that Israel's occupation of Lebanon had run its course by 2000, and was painful and expensive. Withdrawal or partial withdrawal (with Israel perhaps retaining Beaufort & a few other strategic outposts) made sense. But the burning issue was "how" or in "what manner?" to withdraw. That answer also seems clear: Israel should have done in 2000 exactly what it did in 2006: FLATTEN Dahiya in Beirut - or other adopted other harsh, punitive measures against Hizbollah and Syria... just so the message was clear... (and why wasn't Imad Mughniyah didpatched with in 2000?) The objective should have been to conduct a withdrawal that had a very high price to the enemy - and NOT provide a free-ride/ gift to the enemy. Forget about chasing "agreements", etc - use the language best understood in the Mid East. The overall objective at all costs should have been maintenance of Israel's credibility and deterrence. This obvious factor seems to have been completely neglected in Barak's calculus. A tragic, direct consequence of Barak's move was the kidnapping & killing of two IDF reservists by Hizbollah in 2006 - not to speak of the costly war in 2006. Every one of those deaths could be laid at Barak's and Sarid's feet. (At least Gen Halutz had the foresight to wipe out Dahliya!)

It is not only my opinion that all Israeli retreats are totally evil leftist abominations. It is easily verifiable fact. Had Israel kept our South Lebanon Security Zone; we would have been spared ALL of the enormous amount of suffering and wars we have experienced from Lebanon. And continue to experience from Lebanon. Behind almost every serious Israeli problem is an evil, idiotic leftist retreat. Permanently retake our South Lebanon Security Zone NOW!