Wednesday, 16 August 2006
... and it damned sure ain't over yet -- Continued
Contributed by Bill Faith

Continued from ... and it <i>damned sure</i> ain't over yet -- Continued

Israel tells Kofi: Resolution has already been violated
Allahpundit

Because the kidnapped Israeli soldiers haven’t been returned yet. The resolution doesn’t require that, though: the preamble “emphasiz[es] the need for an end of violence … including by the unconditional release of the abducted Israeli soldiers,” but there’s no executory provision to that end in the body of the document. It’s an aspiration, not a demand. Which tells you everything you need to know about the resolution.

This is precious:

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No more status quo, in other words. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s struck a “compromise” with the government whereby they’ll retain their weapons and remain in the south — an egregious breach of paragraph 8, particularly the second and third dashed items. Their top man in the region declares it … a return to the status quo:

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[Read on.]

Peace in our time.

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Contributed by Bill Faith on August 16, 2006 at 08:17 PM in Bill Faith, Hezbollah, Iran, Islamism Delenda Est, Israel, Lebanon | Permalink

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