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Henry Imler July 19th, 2006

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# dave [Visitor]on 19 Jul 2006 at 12:36 pm

War?

Two soldiers were kidnapped by a small terrorist faction.

What war are you referring to?

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# dave [Visitor]on 19 Jul 2006 at 2:14 pm

Let me expand on that that a little bit.

I do not believe that the actions of Hizbollah constituted an act of war.

I cannot say the same about Israel’s actions.

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# Honzo [Member]on 20 Jul 2006 at 3:39 pm

I think it was one:TCS Daily: Israel: “Act of War”

“This was an act of war.” Thus Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert succinctly summarized the facts, the law, and the consequences
of the raid Wednesday by the Lebanese terrorist
group-cum-governing-partner Hezbollah into Israeli sovereign territory
that resulted in the abduction of two Israeli Defense Force (IDF)
soldiers.

Olmert is correct in the careful distinction that he made, one that has
been unfortunately lost on many in the media and even on the White
House. The Hezbollah action was “not a terrorist attack but the action
of a sovereign state that attacked Israel for no reason and without
provocation” — that is, a pure casus belli. As Olmert patiently tried
to explain to the media, “Lebanon is responsible and it will bear
responsibility.” After Hamas’s incursion near Gaza, Israel has been
attacked in two locations, by two governments.

10,000 rckets and missles aimed at Israel. It is a war for their
survival. They are at war presently with Iran and Syria’s proxies,
Hezbollah and Ha-Mas.

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# Mike [Visitor]on 21 Jul 2006 at 5:41 pm

Of course it was an act of war and the firing of missiles also was an
act of war. The Israelis are protecting themselves and exercising a
right to self-preservation that all nations possess.

The problem with war these days is that people don’t think there should
be any actual killing-and certainly no civilian deaths. Of course if a
militia hides among civilians and fires rockets and mortar rounds from
mosques, who is actually responsible for those inadvertant civilian
deaths?

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# dave [Visitor]on 22 Jul 2006 at 12:18 pm

Of course it was an act of war and the firing of missiles also was an act of war.

I am assuming that you are referring to the missiles that Hizbollah sent. They came after Israel attacked Lebanon.

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# Honzo [Member]on 22 Jul 2006 at 12:26 pm

Hezbollah never attacked Israel with rockets before Israel attacked Hezbollah in Lebanon?

Hezbollah, a member of the Lebanonese parliment, did not raid Israel
and capture soldiers before Israel started to retaliate for it?

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# Honzo [Member]on 24 Jul 2006 at 3:16 pm

I never said that Hezbollah did not kidnap soldiers.

But as far as I know, in this specific conflict, Hezbollah kidnapped
two Israel soldiers and Israel responded by attacking Lebanon. —–
But Hezbollah opperates out of lebanon and is a part of their government.

From what I understand, Israel is targeting Hezbollah and what it
percieves as it’s infastructure (or the infastructure used by it) and
it’s locations.

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# Honzo [Member]on 24 Jul 2006 at 3:29 pm

by a small terrorist faction.

Hezbollah is funded and supplied by Iran and Syria, controls the
southern part of the country, including the entire southern border.

That is not a two-bit small terrorist organization. Especially not to
israel

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# Todd [Visitor]on 11 Aug 2006 at 11:50 am

Israel would have treated the Hezbollah raid as a crime. They
perpetuated an inter-state conflict that didn’t exist before their
disproportionate response.

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# Honzo [Member]on 11 Aug 2006 at 2:48 pm

Instead, they took the threat seriously and finally are taking steps to eradicate Iran’s terror proxy.

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