alt.politics.republicans

In article < $ @ >,
thinhthi@ says...



>> Given that however, I think the attack plan by Israel was preconceived and
>> merely awaiting a spark to institute it. The systematic method by which
>> the Zelzals missiles were destroyed and the way the major transportation
>> corridors into South Lebanon were cut strongly suggest prior planning.
>> Expect such contingency plans are available for every potential trouble
>> spot. The decision to go after the Infrastructure instead of Hezbollah and
>> the rescuing the prisoners was a decision made either at the political or
>> Highest Military levels and appears to have been decided prior to the
>> incident with the captured soldiers.
>
>I found it hard to keep a straight face and simultaneously read your post.
>Of course Israel had plans in place, just like they have planned for a
>Syrian, Iranian or any or all Arab countries to attack.

Laughing at death and destruction. What a man! I'll bet Pol Pot gave you a
whole lot of belly laughs.

Other than that you are repeating what I just said. These plans were in place
and merely awaiting some excuse to implement them. A border incident was just
the ticket to allow Israel to knockout the infrastructure of Lebanon, attack
their power grid, and oil depots on the Mediterranean.


Their intent was to show their invincibility and demonstrate what they could do
to anyone who gets them mad, like Iran. Too bad their plan backfired.

>The reason they
>didn't go after the prisoners is that they didn't know where they were at.
>Had they known, they would have attempted a rescue.

They knew Hezbollah had them putting pressure on Hezbollah, instead of attacking
the rest of Lebanon, had a better chance of achieving their release.

>The decision to go after the Hezbollah infrastructure makes absolute sense.

Perhaps to Genghis Khan, where a scorched earth policy made pretty good sense.
Today such attacks on a civilian infrastructure is considered a war crime.

>And yes (duh), the
>decisions would have been made at the highest levels of military and
>political structure. What do you think? The owner of the corner cafe laid
>the plans? Why is it you Arab apologists continually blame Israel for
>failing to roll over and die?

So you are admitting Israel planned this attack on Lebanon all along? I'm
surprised, it's not often someone actually admits to war crimes.

(snip)

>> Yes and an air raid on Hezbollah's major missiles and a prisoner swap for
>> their soldiers would have sufficed. The air raids would have deterred future
>> violations of the truce and the prisoner swap would have made both sides
>> happy.
>
>They weren't sure where most of the missiles were located. Besides, it's
>prudent to first take at communications, command and control, and, if
>possible, leadership in a military action.

The missiles they knew of were taken out. They were surprised at the hundreds
of missiles Hezbollah was able to fire into Israel on a daily basis. Once
Israel started the war these targets became legitimate and expected to be
attacked in a time of war.

>There Hezbollah broke the truce so there wasn't any truce for Israel to
>violate.

Didn't say Israel violated the truce. I said they used Hezbollah's minor border
incursion to start a war disproportionate to the damages they took. You
yourself agreed that this was a pre-planned action.

Which minor border violation do you think will trigger Israel's attack on Syria?
Since Iran is supporting Hezbollah monetarily, would a Hezbollah violation be
grounds to attack Iran? Saudi Arabia better be careful. After Syria and Iran
are taken care of, Saudi Arabia is next on the Israeli hit list.

>One thing you Arab
>apologist seem to overlook is that Hezbollah is not the government of
>Lebanon. If anyone is responsible for the damage in Lebanon, it is the
>members of Hezbollah.

Actually Hezbollah is part of the Government of Lebanon. They were elected by
the 40% of the Lebanese population that follow the Shiite religion.

The only one responsible for the damages in Lebanon is the Israeli armed forces,
who caused so much damage to the civilian infrastructure. A war crime by
international standards. The dropping of cluster bombs in civilian areas also
qualifies as a war crime. Israel decided to take these actions by themselves,
no one twisted their arm. America did egg them on but then Bush is an asshole
anyway.


Tom