Continued from Israeli troops expanding thrust into Lebanon (Updated and bumped)

No, no, no! God damn it, man, come to your senses before it's too late! Ariel Sharon would have been in Beirut by now, and probably Damascus. Get mad at them damned jihadis!

Breaking: Olmert accepts UN ceasefire deal
Allahpundit

And is urging the Israeli government to approve it. The ground invasion is still on, but perhaps only until the UN votes on a resolution tonight or tomorrow.

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The amateur hour continues
Paul Mirengoff

The Jerusalem Post reports that the U.S. and our partner the French have agreed upon a cease fire resolution. From what I can tell, the resolution is a bad joke. Apparently, the same U.N. clown force that has been doing nothing in south Lebanon will be deployed. Then, the job of defanging Hezbollah will be turned over to the Lebanese army, made up in part of Hezbollah sympathizers and in part of those with no stomach to take on Hezbollah, especially on Israel's behalf. Hezbollah will correctly viewed as the force that, for the first time in Lebanese history, prevented a meaningful Israeli advance. Thus, the prospects of it being truly defanged by the Lebanese would appear to be nil.

The JPost says there's a good chance that the wobbly Olmert government will accept this resolution. ...

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John Podhoretz is predicting the fall of the Olmert government if he goes along with this. I'd say he's earned it.

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More Podhoretz here. The practical implications of this may not be as bad as they sound at first blush. Olmert still deserves to lose his job if he doesn't have balls enough to tell the UN to shove it.

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Rick Moran isn't any happier with the situation than I am. Ed Morrissey doesn't think it's quite that bad, but he's not totally thrilled with it either.

Dan Riehl: Bush Ensures Legacy Of Failure

Ace thinks Olmert's doing the right thing.

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 11, 2006 at 07:15 PM in Bill Faith, Hezbollah, Islamism Delenda Est, Israel, Lebanon, UNuseful | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Ponsdorf

Two things.... for one - check out: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3289889,00.html
The pix is one the known fakes... from Israel yet?

For another if Olmert actually bails on the Litani, cover your ass. The saying "next year in Israel" will turn into 'next year, next door'

Posted by: Ponsdorf | Aug 11, 2006 5:34:12 PM

Posted by: The Gray Dog

Don’t be too quick to judge the Olmert government, if it should accept the UN bartered cease fire. Israel has been stuck in the rut of southern Lebanon before, and was getting picked off like fish in a barrel. Now six years later with a stronger, better armed and more entrenched enemy, it may be a reality that the vaunted IDF just isn’t capable of taking on this task by itself. We’ve kept them on leash for six decades and act surprised that they aren’t ready to run now that they are no longer tethered. I would ask where were Israel’s allies? Oh, I forget they only have one. All we have done is to provide tepid back channel support, while pushing to take the lead in brokering a deal. It seems Bush is more concerned with making a good appearance at the UN instead of providing real support to an ally in need. Hezbollah is our enemy too. I think Israel just needed a little cover from its friends. Instead it just got more “Shock and Shucks.”

Posted by: The Gray Dog | Aug 12, 2006 8:39:58 AM