A Hollow Ceasefire Agreement

Israel & Palestine Forum

This was a violent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that created a secondary conflict between the violence of first conflict and the sensibilities of the rest of the world, led by the U.N. So the world’s adversary in this secondary conflict is simply the violence.

Thus the mindset of the U.N. longs for a ceasefire in which both sides can claim victory. How perfectly politically correct. Both sides win. There are no losers, so nobody’s self esteem gets damaged. The only objective is to end the violence. It makes no difference who started it. Both sides are equally to blame for the violence. There is no judgmentalism, except for the simplistic judgment that violence is the enemy.

Today, the world is learning just how meaningless and symbolic the U.N. ceasefire really is. Rice is crowing about the success of the ceasefire, but admits it will be difficult to impose its requirements. Of course, the most difficult requirement is the disarming of Hezbollah. This was presumed to be a part of the deal, but as it turns out, there is nobody willing to do it, and Hezbollah has refused to do it voluntarily.

However, we do have leverage, Ms. Rice assures us. She said that if Hezbollah refuses to disarm, we will punish their self-esteem by calling them terrorists... And Israel is slowly coming to the numbing realization of the consequences of fighting a war for their survival while trying to appease the politically correct, schoolyard mentality of the U.N.

Hizb'allah is already claiming this as a victory for the Terrorist order - shooting guns in the air and waving around the leaders photograph like a god.
They broke the other 2 ceasefires and they will break this one as well.
the U.N. is usless. All they want to do is talk talk talk. perhaps if france or russia gets nuked they will actually want to do something other then sit with their thumbs up their asses.

Where are the two Israeli soldiers? I'm surprised Israel agreed to the ceasefire. They were under pressure from the Appeasement-commies at the U.N., to be sure. Perhaps if they had started out more decisively and had committed to an all-out offensive from the outset, as they should have, they could have accomplished more. As it is, Islamofascists win another P.R. victory for their brainwashed Islamo-masses. And the ceasefire will be broken. And thus it goes…

is the state of Israel threatened by Hezbollah?

are you freakin' kidding me?

YES.

While you make a solid point, H11, I have to inject a few historical points so we can all gain perspective.

Way back in the good ol' early 80's, Israel invaded Lebanon. Not saying this invasion wasn't justified, sure the PLO and Syria were giving them all sorts of headaches (what's new, eh?) This little invasion created Hezbollah. Not to mention the thousands of Palestinian refugees that had been living there for decades were a little ticked as it was.

Fast forward. Now Hezbollah decides to raid and shell Israel, captures a few soldiers, and Israel lights them up.

My point is there are so many players in this f'd up game and so much history, to be able to quickly tip your hat to one side without looking at the big picture is to disregard history. We focus on the two soldiers that were picked up, as if that was the one thing that has somehow retroactively started 60 years of hostility. They are both right and they are both wrong. The only reason Americans seem to be up at arms now is because of the campaign of terror in a scared post-9/11 society. And to play the devil's advocate, remember America regards Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The EU does not- and they have to live near them.

As for the ceasefire, give me a break. It could last a week, month, year. But we'll all be right back here talking about Israel, Palestine, Hezbollah/Lebanon, PLO/Palestine or Syria fighting again real soon.

-HECK!

There is no ceasefire. There never was a ceasefire. The "truce" is a joke. Hizbollah started re-arming via Iran and Syria the moment the firing stopped. Israel needs to finish the job. Whatever it takes, Hizbollah must be disarmed and kept that way.

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