Haaretz : US clusterfuck in Lebanon threatens Israel

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ANALYSIS: Israel's options are limited in the Lebanon operation

By Ze'ev Schiff

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the figure leading the strategy of changing the situation in Lebanon, not Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or Defense Minister Amir Peretz. She has so far managed to withstand international pressure in favor of a cease-fire, even though this will allow Hezbollah to retain its status as a militia armed by Iran and Syria.

As such, she needs military cards, and unfortunately Israel has not succeeded to date in providing her with any. Besides bringing Hezbollah and Lebanon under fire, all of Israel's military cards at this stage are in the form of two Lebanese villages near the border that have been captured by the IDF.

If the military cards Israel is holding do not improve with the continuation of the fighting, it will result in a diplomatic solution that will leave the Hezbollah rocket arsenal in southern Lebanon in its place. The diplomatic solution will necessarily be a reflection of the military realities on the ground.

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Israel has limited options for continuing the fighting. Since it has not succeeded to date to restrict Hezbollah's war of attrition against urban centers in Israel, including the targeting of Afula, the only option is a rapid operation for the capture of southern Lebanon in order to destroy the Hezbollah rocket arsenal prior to the transfer of a multinational force to the area. It may have other serious options, but these will not affect the rocket arsenal of Hezbollah. This is a race against time and against Hezbollah that is aided by Syria and Iran.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744043.html

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1. Blood all over those shiny panty hose.

Maybe she can give a piano recital in a candle lit pool of blood from the dead civilians of both sides. Maybe the gollum-like liberace channelling secretary of state should resign?

But that would only happen in a government that took responsibility for its actions, a government of responsible adults, not a government of rotten spoiled children.

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2. Aren't the rapture-readies wanking

away for the destruction of Israel??

They seem so confused ...haha