I am intrigued by the BBC’s Have Your Say. Once again the majority of people agree with me: BBC Have Your Say.
Yes, Israel should have waited and asked for UN intervention (regardless how pointless that would have been).
Yes, Israel is the victim of BBC and other left-wing journalists failing to note the true solution to this crisis: Hezbollah’s defeat.
And, yes, the Lebanese are suffering where they need not…
But the people of Britain agree with Blair — a cease fire should not be sought until Hezbollah return their kidnappees. Israel have said that they will allow an international peace making force and will withdraw when that happens. What more can we ask?
July 30th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
I do believe that if Bush and Blair had paid attention to Israel’s human rights abuses in Gaza and looked seriously at a prisoner release program over the last four years then we wouldn’t be in this mess.
What is it now? 600 Lebanese civilain deaths, 18 Israelis?
As the Lebanese government is now bankrupt due to the recent Israeli destruction ($40bn?) Hezbollah will be the only group with money to rebuild the lives of the Southern Lebanese. And that will buy them more support.
Blair’s support for this US funded genoside is almost making me physically sick.
July 31st, 2006 at 2:44 pm
It is not genocide and there is very little political capital to be made on Israel’s part by targetting civilians. The criminals are the cowards hiding amongst civilians, not those who attack the criminals.