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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I don't think the kidnapping of two soldiers was worth starting a war over, as heinous as it was. The destruction that Israel has unleashed on Lebanon will be worse for Israel in the long run. That doesn't mean I think Israel should roll over. Some problems have no good solutions, only less-bad ones.
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I think its about more than the 2 soldiers, not withstanding the obvious opportunity that provided. Should they wait another 5 years to deal with Hezbollah? When there are 26000 missiles pointed at them (including several thousand that have by then found there way to Gaza)? When President Clinton, then in her second term, has removed our troops from Iraq and that region has broken into Kurdistan and larger area fka Iraq which is a free range terrorist sanctuary? When Iran has nukes?
Death and destruction are sad and tragic and I am not arguing otherwise, but in the above scenario, which is or would be more likely than peaceful coexistence in Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Syria, time doesn't work to the Israelis advantage. If we let the situation go unchecked, when the day comes that Hezbollah has 26000 missiles and Hamas has 5000, and Iran has nukes, and they make their move, how do you propose dealing with it? Despite Israel's military might, there will come a point it won't matter. Is the US going to have a massive mobilization at that point and go in save the day? How long in that scenario does Israel survive? Who apologizes to history for the second holocaust?
