Posted by
Bruce Armstrong on Tuesday, August 15, 2006 10:06:14 AM
I don't know what surprised me more about the recent ceasefire between Israeli and Hezbollah: the fact that Israel accepted the cease-fire and surrendered, or that the U.S. was a key player in forcing her to do so.
Yes, I used the word "surrender," for that is what Israel did. She lost. None of her goals were met. You do remember Israel's war goals, don't you? Let's review:
- Remove Hezbollah's military capacity.
- Remove Hezbollah from southern Lebanon.
- Stop attacks on northern Israel.
- Achieve the release of the Israeli soldiers taken captive.
Well, judging by yesterday's attempted rocket attack, Hezbollah has neither lost their military capacity nor been removed from southern Lebanon. It's unclear whether the rockets malfunctioned or whether Hezbollah was attempting to hit Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, so we may have seen an attempted attack on northern Israel already. And, finally, not word one about the captive Israeli soldiers.
Now northern Israel's security is dependent on Secretary General Kofi "Got a contract for my son?" Annan (who was at best reluctant to condemn the rocket attacks and kidnappings that started this war), and on the Lebanese "Army" (which has shown an inability and/or lack of desire to control Hezbollah).
Of course, we haven't heard word one from the UN about the responsibilities of Syria and Iran in feeding the Hezbollah terror machine.
And all of this with the assistance of Secretary of State Rice and with at least the acquiescence of President Bush.
I half-expect to see George W. Bush morph into Neville Chamberlain coming down the steps of an airplane waving a piece of paper and yammering about "peace in our time." Of course, that temporary "peace" was followed by the Second World War and the Holocaust.