Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Before the Rockets Start to Explode


Tony Badran
Across the Bay
25 May '10

(Tony Badran does a great service in isolating this particular item from the two-part article. Unfortunately the analysis in part-one leaves you wishing the portion below had been the entire article. Ben-Yishai still looks back at the withdrawal from Lebanon as having been technically, as opposed to inherently flawed. Similiarly prevalent, after years of rocket attacks, the same misconception concerning the Gaza evacuation.)

Ron Ben-Yishai in Ynet today:

At this time, Hezbollah serves as Iran’s long strategic arm, aimed at deterring Israel from attacking Tehran’s nuclear program by threatening the Jewish State’s military and civilian home front. For the Syrians, Hezbollah constitutes an important component in its war plan, and therefore Damascus arms it with whatever it possesses. In Syrian eyes, the group’s aim is to pulverize the Israeli home front, while splitting the IDF’s offensive effort between Lebanon and Syria, thereby also preventing an outflanking operation on the west that would target Syria’s defensive posture in the Golan.

Related article: The Solution Is in Damascus and Tehran

For that reason, a solution to the Lebanese problem cannot be found in Baalbek, in Beirut, or in Hezbollah’s fear of other ethnic groups in Lebanon. The root of the Lebanese problem is in Damascus and Tehran, and this is where Israel should be seeking a solution, with American help. If possible, this should be done via the combination of military deterrence and effective international pressure. Yet should this fail, the other option is a well-planned military campaign, which will be launched before the rockets start to explode in our territory.

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2 comments:

  1. stupid jews WAKE UP don't you realize your enemies are setting up a new AUSCHWITZ for you,the only diference is that last time they had to transport the jews from all over Europe to the gas chambers,but now they will bring auschwits to your doorsteps.
    There is only one solutions you KILL your enemies NOW or be killed.
    a mushroom cloud over Teheran NOW [while you are still the only nuclear power in the middle east]
    or a mushroom cloud over tel-aviv,in a few months.
    CHAIM.

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  2. Chaim- As with most things, life and staying alive is a bit more complex. If I was a betting man though, my money is on we're still here long after Ahmadinajad and company have moved on. As the goal is to make sure that there will not be an attack on Israel, I'm not sure what the point of attacking Tehran would be as opposed to any number of sites that are threats. Besorot Tovot

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