If people in the Israeli side of the border found it inconvenient, think how much more terrible it had been on the Lebanese side.
For sure, I agree with you on this 100%. I also think it is stupid to start a war based on two soldiers being kidnapped. But there is more to it than meets the eye. Hizbullah had been waiting for an excuse to fight Israel and Israel also wanted an excuse to finish Hizbullah.
Do you know about the ideology of the Hizbullah?
‘If they [the Jews] all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them world wide.’ - Hassan Nasrallah
To me that seems a little more than resistance to occupation.
On September 14, 2006, Amnesty International released a report accusing Hezbollah of war crimes during the 2006 conflict with Israel.Human Rights Watch have similarly accused Hezbollah of war crimes in a report issued on August 5, 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hizbullah#Background_2See, it works both ways.. war is not just one persons fault. There isnt always a good and bad guy.
I beg to differ. The Blue Line is a "line of convenience" if you will, to mark where Israel should withdraw from. The UN itself acknowledges that it is not a border.
Israel withdrew to where they should withdraw from, what is the problem exactly? If there is no border what are they meant to do? They withdrew to the UN agreed line. Unfortunately Hizbullah disagree.
The UN report was based on second hand facts because Israel did not permit any journalists, the Red Cross, UN personnel, into the combat zone until well after combat had died down. And in fact the report was compiled without UN personnel on the ground because they were denied access. BW the UN report says at least 52 dead (ie there were 52 confirmed deaths), truth is nobody knows the exact figures, because as Churchill said "Truth is the first casualty of war".
However no more bodies were every found. The Palestinians confirmed the UN body count. Or was there some vast conspiracy to cover up hundreds of bodies that were never found? I have spoken to many people who were in Jenin, on both sides. Thats why I felt I had the right to an opinion. I dont claim to have the truth, just an informed opinion.
As I said originally, some people refuse to accept facts because they dont fit so well with their world view. At least I am open to the fact that I may be one of those people :-)
I dont think there was either side that was right or wrong in the Lebanon war... There isn't usually a clearly defined 100% good/evil in a war situation. Everyone is bad and good on different levels. Clearly there was a huge over-reaction by the Israelis, but many there were terrified and half the country lived in bomb shelters for a month. A stupid corrupt government over-reacted and did not do a good job in deterring anything or anyone.
Anyways I was just pointing out a different view, I didn't expect anyone to accept it.... But its very easy to armchair commentate from thousands of miles away. I have a degree in Middle Eastern Studies focusing on the History of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and have spent a lot of time travelling the region so I thought my opinion might be somewhat valid.
Btw I do love the illuminati conspiracies, did you know the supreme court of Israel has an illuminati pyramid on the roof and many illuminati designs all over the building?
Anyways Im gonna get back to the zaurus stuff and enjoying my new N800, i much prefer the non-political discussions here :-)