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Lebanon, Israel Should be
Allies
08/02/06
The idea that
any state should passively accept random attacks of
violence across its border by a terrorist organization is
only slightly less ridiculous than the notion that a
state can cede authority to a terrorist organization for
part of its territory and still expect to be considered a
sovereign country.
Israel has every right to fill the void left by Lebanon
in its southern region. When Israeli territory and its
citizens were attacked by Hezbolla, Israel not only had
the right to defend itself, it had the duty to do so.
One question that must be considered is whether Israel
should be attacking Hezbolla in Lebanon or whether it
should mount a full-scale attack, possibly with the help
of the U.S., on Syria and/or Iran. Hezbolla is nothing
more than a pack of day laborers with a blank check for
weapons from these terrorist countries. Defeat these
terrorist states and Hezbolla will fold up like a cheap
suit.
Lebanon also needs to consider its options. Instead of
confronting Israel, Lebanon should ally itself with
Israel to defeat Hezbolla. After a joint operation to
crush the terrorists, the agreement would specify that
Israel would then withdraw from Lebanon and Lebanese
forces would take control of their southern provinces. At
that point, Israel and Lebanon would sign a mutual
defense pact against Syria, Iran and any other
Islamofascist terrorist organization that threatens their
sovereignty.
The result of such an alliance is clear: That region of
the world would be much less susceptible to terrorism;
Lebanon would be a fully functioning democracy; the
economies of both Israel and Lebanon would prosper; and,
Syria and Iran would be further isolated.
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The August, 2006 Edition
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