1 The Leftwing peaceniks had their turn. Now let the rightwingers have a shot at it. They've been played for fools long enough. No more talk. Just kick some ass, Israel.

2 About 3.5 billon of my tax bucks goes to Isreal. All I ask is Israel to win big, and look in the Beka Valley for Saddam's WMD.

Thank you, and if Israel needs more money, please ask.

3 You pay 3.5 billion in taxes?

Damn, and I thought MY taxes were painful...

4 Eye, that was pricesless.

This is getting big. Real big.

5 ...and the civilized world takes a deep breath of biblical proportions....

6 Klan will stay out of this one.

7 I've seen this movie before. Israel invaded Lebanon in the early eighties to destroy the PLO. They marched all the way to Beirut. They shelled the living shit out of the city. The PLO, like Hezbollah, has nothing to compare with Israel's weaponry, skill, and bravery. But Israel was unwilling to kill thousands of civilians with a ground assault on urban beirut. So they largely stayed out, shelling it, bombing it, killing hundreds. The world got madder and madder, and finally, Reagan's top aide and oldest friend at the WH, Mike Deaver, threatened to resign if the shelling didn't stop. Reagan called Begin, and thirty minutes later, the shelling stopped. Eventually, Phil Habib cut a deal, and the PLO was let out. This was Israel's most unpopular war, described by Israelis as their Vietnam. Oh, and Ariel Sharon let the sworn enemy of the PLO, the Phalangist Christians, into the camps of Sabra and Shatila. Hundreds of civilians were slaughtered in cold blood, their armed defenders had been forced out so they had no weapons to defend themselves. An Israeli commission ruled that Sharon was morally culpable (the Israelis had heard the massacre going on, the screams, etc).

Israel has the military power to devastate Lebanon. But as a fundamentally moral nation, they can't callously kill the number of Arabs it would take to root out Hebollah.

So if they do go all out again, it will be a stalemate again, I fear.

8 I've seen this movie before. Israel invaded Lebanon in the early eighties to destroy the PLO. They marched all the way to Beirut. They shelled the living shit out of the city. The PLO, like Hezbollah, has nothing to compare with Israel's weaponry, skill, and bravery. But Israel was unwilling to kill thousands of civilians with a ground assault on urban beirut. So they largely stayed out, shelling it, bombing it, killing hundreds. The world got madder and madder, and finally, Reagan's top aide and oldest friend at the WH, Mike Deaver, threatened to resign if the shelling didn't stop. Reagan called Begin, and thirty minutes later, the shelling stopped. Eventually, Phil Habib cut a deal, and the PLO was let out. This was Israel's most unpopular war, described by Israelis as their Vietnam. Oh, and Ariel Sharon let the sworn enemy of the PLO, the Phalangist Christians, into the camps of Sabra and Shatila. Hundreds of civilians were slaughtered in cold blood, their armed defenders had been forced out so they had no weapons to defend themselves. An Israeli commission ruled that Sharon was morally culpable (the Israelis had heard the massacre going on, the screams, etc).

Israel has the military power to devastate Lebanon. But as a fundamentally moral nation, they can't callously kill the number of Arabs it would take to root out Hebollah.

So if they do go all out again, it will be a stalemate again, I fear.

9 Israel should drop leaflets on every muslim city and town in the region, warning them to evacuate, then pound the places to dust, one by one. This would create a huge refugee problem for the arabs to deal with, and create a state of panic among the population. The neighboring states can't realistically make war on Israel, because they'll get their asses handed to them, again, and will be more humiliated than ever. It's time for the Israelis to be the bastards everyone accuses them of being.

10 But if we drop leaflets telling them we will bomb them in the morning, won't the bad guys all leave? I want to kill the bad guys. Lebanon is screwy. The bad guys have all the guns and money. So how can the government control them?
The Israelis like us need a plan to kill the bad guys. More recruitment is needed to send spies into Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Queda, etc: They do it. I'm all for killing, but I do wish it to be the bad guys.
Then get rid of that stupid religion.