[antimedia] antimedia: For all those who believe....

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For all those who believe....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1156718855.shtml


   ....that Hezbollah has a leg to stand on, [1]read this brief story
   which is typical of Hezbollah behavior long before the recent war
   began.

     I focused the binoculars, only to watch as an artillery emplacement
     materialized. "Holy s*$#," you guys just let them point that thing
     at you? "Not at us," responded the soldier, "at Shlomi."
     Shlomi was the Israeli town, nestled in the valley below us. The
     IDF outpost's responsibility was to protect the village and her
     inhabitants against Hezbollah, who had operated freely in southern
     Lebanon since the IDF's withdrawal in 2000. Hezbollah, the soldier
     explained to me, wasn't interested in the outpost, but rather the
     Israeli citizens below.
     I left the outpost with a newfound appreciation for Israel's
     ability to flourish in the face of such blatant infringements on
     their national sovereignty.
     I appreciated that success even more, when --not an hour after we
     left-- that Hezbollah gun emplacement opened up on Shlomi, killing
     an Israeli teenager.
     It was an unprovoked attack on an innocent town, an absolutely
     unexcusable act specifically prohibited by any and all of the
     modern laws of armed conflict.

   And of course, the UN was there supposedly keeping the peace.

References

   1. http://op-for.com/2006/08/standing_on_the_lebanon_border.html