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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
Pgardn,
Let me first say that I respect your opinions.
Both Iran and Syria will respond to your first sentence by stating that the US has supplied and trained the Israel Defense Force. This is also true.
I see no indication that Iran will halt their nuclear enrichment program. They might view this situation as,,,Israel has nuclear weapons, so we need to as well...(I'm not stating this as fact, just trying to "read" the mindset.)
As far as pressure on Syria and Iran (and I'm no fan of either), in this game of "brinkmanship", Israel and the US are perceived as being the ones that stand against the rest of the world. Seems to me that the pressure is on both adversaries. For now, Lebanon is the "side show" unfortunately. Israel's refusal to halt the aggression (whether justified or not) continues to compromise the US's credibility. We have few enough allies at this point.
As I said in my previous post, this situation holds the potential to to become much more dangerous in a very short time. I truely hope that doesn't happen, but it looks like events are escalating faster than "cool heads" can prevent.
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The huge difference is the IDF and Israel are not terrorist organizations. Israel has no reason to stop their current advance as long as their cities in the North are shelled at will. We all need to be very clear that the Israeli incursion should not be equated with Hezbollah shelling random cities in Israel. People get this confused. There is ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON imo. We all know how this started and we all know who the terrortists are. Good and Evil often have very blurry gray areas. THis current situation holds very little gray areas in my view, very little.
We can debate how all the horrible poverty that many of these current terrorists grew up in may have made them monsters, etc... I abhor the situations cause the desperation and lack of hope that leads to the acts. But right now, the monsters must be dealt with as monsters. Here and now. If the region ever prospers economically, there will be hope that this ends.
This is where I differ greatly with "liberals".
As an example. ONe can talk endlessly about why a kid totally disrupts a school environment, how his parents beat him, etc... but you still have to remove the kid from the classes that he disrupts... its not fair to the other students. He cannot be allowed to "bring the house down"
You have to deal with the house burning right in front of your face. Then deal with the faulty wiring systems that might make other houses burn in the same way. TAke care of immediate problems... cant just pontificate on the root causes.