Saturday, 15 July 2006
Don Surber on the WAPO opinion
Contributed by Zero Ponsdorf

Don's post is here:  WAPO is right for once

Don is a transplanted hillbilly and a genuine member of the MSM. Don't have clue as to why they keep paying him?

The original WAPO article is here.

WHEN ISRAEL withdrew its troops from southern Lebanon in 2000 after more than two decades of occupation, it also issued a warning: Any cross-border provocations by Hezbollah, the militant Shiite group, would elicit a severe military response. So there can be no surprise at the violent reaction to Hezbollah's ambush of an Israeli patrol Wednesday, in which three soldiers were killed and two others taken captive by the guerrillas. And there can be no doubt that Iran and Syria, Hezbollah's chief sponsors, bear responsibility for what has instantly become the most far-reaching, lethal and dangerous eruption of cross-border fighting in the Middle East in recent years.

Europeans and others in the international community are already criticizing as excessive Israel's swift military response. Conspicuously they have said comparatively little about the volleys of dozens of rockets Hezbollah rained down on northern Israel yesterday. In fact, given the all-too-familiar patterns of violence and retribution in the Middle East, the Israeli attacks are entirely predictable, and precisely what Hezbollah and its patrons must have expected and even wanted. But for Israel, the pressing question must be whether its reprisals will be effective in achieving the desired results -- retrieving the soldiers taken hostage and reasserting Israeli deterrence in the north.

Dunno exactly what lit WAPO's fuse, but the perspective is of note.

Contributed by Zero Ponsdorf on July 15, 2006 at 10:21 PM in Current Affairs, Islamism Delenda Est, Zero Ponsdorf | Permalink

Comments


Posted by: Don Surber

Thanks. Sorry for the dealay in tracking back. Storm kicked me off the Internet Friday

Posted by: Don Surber | Jul 17, 2006 8:46:56 AM