Reply #17: It's Terrible. But There it is. [View All]

[MannyGoldstein]

This situation is awful. All of the solutions are awful.

That the situation is where it is proves that the players have done the wrong thing in the past.

But we are here, and it is now. How to proceed? Which of the awful alternatives to pick?

If the Lebanese are a sovereign nation, then they have to keep the people within its borders from attacking people outside of its borders. Hezbollah, armed with 10,000 or more missiles, is a growing threat to Israel. Unlike, Iraq, which was a sewer - but was minding its own business - Hezbollah is heavily armed, and continues to build up arms, and use them on Israel. And their leaders have sworn to destroy Israel, and to slaughter all Jews. That's bad, bad stuff.

We are here and it is now, and what must be done to prevent a greater evil, must be done.

However, we are here because of the rage of people who have been denied a future, and denied control over their own destiny. I am hopeful - but not holding my breath - that after this debacle passes, Israel, the US, and the rest of the world community will work to build a future for the average Abdul and Abia that ends all of this bad craziness.

This is yeat another reason that we need to elect people who strive for the Four Freedoms, instead of the Four Horsemen.