[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: More military action:

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
More military action:
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1152976408.shtml


   Answering reader requests, Michael Totten takes what little free time
   he has to give us his [1]take on the events in Lebanon:

     Israel and Lebanon are the two freest countries in the Middle East.
     They are the only countries, aside from tortured Iraq, that hold
     unrigged elections for parliaments and heads of state. The tyrants
     to their east have pulled quite a coup, haven't they? The two
     countries friendliest to America and to liberal Western values are
     now shooting each other. (The Lebanese army, which has cooperated
     with Israel in the past behind the scenes, is now firing
     anti-aircraft guns at Israeli planes.)

     It's a catastrophe for Lebanon, which is now under siege because
     Iran took it hostage...

   [2]Sandmonkey has an excellent rant:

     Me, personally? I am not sure who to root for, because even though
     I hate Hezbollah I think Israel is full of shit for not attacking
     Syria instead. They know that this is where the orders and the
     supplies come from. It's why they hit the lebanese-syrian Highway:
     to prevent the supplies from coming in. The way I see it, I want
     some side to win. Any side. Whatever the ouctome is, I want someone
     soundly defeated, to the degree that what's happening now can not
     happen again. I want the rules of the game changed. Either Israel
     wins and Hezbollah is destoryed, or Israel loses and Hezbollah
     wins. I don't want some peace negotiations and pussy footing and
     bullshit where nothing gets resolved and the mentalities stay the
     same. Basically, either the arabs win this or they should just shut
     the fuck up forever.

   [3]Lebanon Profile writes:

     Panic. Now!

     Israel just dropped fliers on the American University of Beirut
     campus and in the surrounding neighborhood.

     The fliers are in English and say something to the extent of:

     "The Lebanese people protect Hezbollah and will face consequences.
     Please, get out of Beirut."

   I agree that Israel needs to strike back against Hezbollah, Hamas and
   all of their supporters - but many Lebanese aren't in that group.

   I don't know much about military strategy, but I can see that Israel,
   like the U.S., is still following [4]the British model for dealing
   with asymetric warfare. I know enough about history to know that the
   British know jack about fighting asymetric warfare.

   We're fighting this war like Redcoats.

References

   1. http://www.michaeltotten.com/archives/001182.html
   2. http://www.sandmonkey.org/2006/07/14/surprised/
   3. http://lebop.blogspot.com/2006/07/israel-to-bomb-beirut.html
   4. http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1151259336.shtml