Lebanon: who won and who lost?
August 14, 2006 4:56 AM Subscribe
This post was deleted for the following reason: please do not taunt happy fun siren.
Um, there was a reason.
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:04 AM on August 14, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:04 AM on August 14, 2006
"The last time the United States got very touchy about a dictator pursuing weapons of mass destruction who was also known to assist terrorists was in 2003. "WOW is this a bad source. Holy shit. You actually read this pap?
posted by Malor at 5:12 AM on August 14, 2006
thirteenkiller: Brown people don't have reasons, they just have killing.
posted by public at 5:13 AM on August 14, 2006
posted by public at 5:13 AM on August 14, 2006
From the article:
However, Hizbollah's propaganda has now been exposed, thanks to the blogosphere. This is going to cost Hizbollah in the long run – the brazen lies will be brought up in the future.
Leaving aside the discussion of what was "exposed" or not and by whom, this won't happen. The "Sure this will be..." phenomenon works the same on the other side.
However, Iran's also been caught supplying weapons (including anti-ship missiles) to Hizbollah. This will make the United States even touchier about Iran's nuclear weapons program than it already is.
So what? They still can't do anything about it.
The last time the United States got very touchy about a dictator pursuing weapons of mass destruction who was also known to assist terrorists was in 2003.
He means the last time the US made up a story about it, right?
The problem is that Lebanon's government has been revealed to have at least been aware of Hizbollah's plans to kidnap the soldiers.
Has it? Source, please.
However, the UN is already dealing with the embarrassment of having to admit that its peacekeeping force was unable to prevent Hizbollah from launching attacks on Israel.
The UN force had a mandate to watch, not to take any action, much less actively disarm by force.
The United States has also managed to set things up so that if Israel has to go after Hizbollah again, they can cover the Israelis at the UN.
Because they had problems doing that before?
The rest of the article repeats those points more or less. What a pile of BS.
posted by uncle harold at 5:17 AM on August 14, 2006
However, Hizbollah's propaganda has now been exposed, thanks to the blogosphere. This is going to cost Hizbollah in the long run – the brazen lies will be brought up in the future.
Leaving aside the discussion of what was "exposed" or not and by whom, this won't happen. The "Sure this will be..." phenomenon works the same on the other side.
However, Iran's also been caught supplying weapons (including anti-ship missiles) to Hizbollah. This will make the United States even touchier about Iran's nuclear weapons program than it already is.
So what? They still can't do anything about it.
The last time the United States got very touchy about a dictator pursuing weapons of mass destruction who was also known to assist terrorists was in 2003.
He means the last time the US made up a story about it, right?
The problem is that Lebanon's government has been revealed to have at least been aware of Hizbollah's plans to kidnap the soldiers.
Has it? Source, please.
However, the UN is already dealing with the embarrassment of having to admit that its peacekeeping force was unable to prevent Hizbollah from launching attacks on Israel.
The UN force had a mandate to watch, not to take any action, much less actively disarm by force.
The United States has also managed to set things up so that if Israel has to go after Hizbollah again, they can cover the Israelis at the UN.
Because they had problems doing that before?
The rest of the article repeats those points more or less. What a pile of BS.
posted by uncle harold at 5:17 AM on August 14, 2006
Seconding Malor: "Lebanon wins by having more UN peacekeepers to assist its army in the southern portion of that country. This will, hopefully, give it some means to fight Hizbollah. The problem is that Lebanon's government has been revealed to have at least been aware of Hizbollah's plans to kidnap the soldiers. Once seen as another victim of Hizbollah, there will be some who now see Lebanon as a collaborator."Er, no. Lebanon lost hundreds of civilians, millions and millions of dollars worth of assets, and some internal confidence in democracy. Also, note that Hezbollah has seats in the Lebanese Cabinet, so whoever wrote this article is clearly an idiot.
posted by imperium at 5:18 AM on August 14, 2006
posted by imperium at 5:18 AM on August 14, 2006
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