Why is it that as Israel has been attacked by militants from various lawless terrorist organizations for years, the international community has stood by and said nothing. Now that Israel is finally thrown up its hands in despair at peace efforts and is taking the fight back at the terrorists, the international community decides that it's time to intervene. . . not to stop terrorist attacks, necessarily, but to stop Israel's retaliation.
Ridiculous. Blair, Putin and Annan need to stick a sock in it.
I know Charlie P called another poster a "nut" recently for referring to the end of times as it relates to prophecies concerning Israel. But if you have a Bible, read those prophecies. Read them carefully. When the U.N. approves the deployment of a "peace-keeping" corps to Lebanon, all nations will truly have come against Israel, save for the U.S., and once those troops become involved in conflict with Israeli troops, as they almost certainly will, the U.S. will be forced into what will have by then evolved into a full-scale war. We will have to choose sides: Israel, or the rest of the world. Which side do you think we'll choose?
Mark my words: A deployment of peace-keepers to Lebanon will only complicate this situation greatly. It would be much simpler to allow these nations involved to sort things out themselves. The U.N. has no business getting involved. Lebanon has the power to bring about an end to this conflict. They have a military. They can put a stop to Hezbollah, if they so desire. If they continue to refuse to do so, let them pay the price.
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Ben in 1978 the UN had a Peace keeping force in Lebanon:
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Israel retaliated regularly as Palestinian guerrillas fired on northern Israel, and Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon in 1978. A U.N. peacekeeping force deployed and the Israelis pulled out after installing a local Lebanese militia in a border buffer zone, but the attacks continued.
What would be different this time that would lead to the end of times?
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elgallo I am behind them 100% also. They have bent over backwards trying to come to peace with a group of terrorists and all they have gotten is suicide bombers for years, then kidnapping of their soldiers and not rocket barrages, anyone who harbors them, supports them, or allows them to operate from their territory deserves every thing they get.
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Taz, I'm not suggesting that this is a signal of the impending "end times." But I would encourage everyone to read the Biblical prophecies as they relate to Israel and the end times. I think almost all of us who are Christians would agree that the end times will be signified as a time when all nations come against Israel. Are we there? Not yet, but there has never been a time when the international community was as unified against Israel as it is right now. I'm not talking about the usual suspects in the Middle East. You have the British, the spineless French, Greece, Russia, etc. all denouncing Israel's "over-reaction." The United States is the only country that unequivocally has stood behind Israel during this latest crisis. And public opinion in the U.S. is more anti-Israel than it was even five or ten years ago. All it would take is a president (perhaps a Democrat in a couple of years? I don't think the Republicans are nearly as close to throwing our alliance with Israel into the wind as the Democrats are) who decides to allow Israel to stand on its own. Make no mistake: The Israelis have a powerful military. But we also have to recognize that the only thing keeping Syria and Iran from dropping the disguise and jumping into the fray with fists swinging is the U.S.
As for the U.N.'s role today and the U.N.'s role in '78, I think there is a major difference. In '78, Israel welcomed the peacekeeping forces. But the climate has changed. Israel is finally fed up with the terrorists and they aim to end the threat posed by Hizbollah and Hamas. If the U.N. gets in the way, I fear that Israel will go through them. When that happens, we have a VERY serious situation on our hands. And, quite frankly, I wouldn't blame Israel a bit. The U.N.'s attitude is so ridiculous that it would be humerous if it didn't have the potential to be deadly. Terrorist organizations have government ties in Palestine and Lebanon and they are actively carrying out attacks on civilian targets in Israel, and the U.N. doesn't say a word. Yet when Israel strikes back, the world decries the humanitarian situation and wants to send in troops to stop the violence.
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I wouldn't worry about Europeans staging armed interventions with Israel. There is just too much post-Holocaust guilt there. Besides, if Israel can repeatedly defeat multi-national Arab alliances, I don't think that a coalition of Italians, French, and Poles is going to have much luck either.
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