War in LJ

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I wrote to a Lebanese blogger that the primary responsibility of IDF is to defend its citizens, all other considerations are secondary. She replied that I had joined the ranks of war mongers and asked me not to write in her journal any more.

I can do that. She is under a lot of stress and I sympathize.

However, it is exactly this attitude that prevents the Lebanese army from taking control over Hizballah and the Lebanese government from taking control over the country. Now a foreign army has to do it for them, and it is not pretty.

No links.

Update. OK, a link [private].

Update 2006/08/03. Now she has banned me. Just like m_p. :-) Well, at least m_p is out of the danger of war.

Comments

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Which attitude prevents the Lebanese army from taking control over Hizballah? Do you think there is some relationship between the attitude of this woman and the policy of the Lebanese government? I thought that the only reason the Lebanese government is not confronting Hisballah is that it is afraid to start a civil war with an unclear outcome.

Now a foreign army has to do it for them

I think Israel is not really trying to take control over Hisallah. What it is trying to do is to make the Lebanon to do this. Quite cynically, I would say that the main message to the Lebanon is that the risks and possible calamities of a confrontation with Hisballah are smaller than the risks and calamities of a confrontation with Israel. I think Israeli action is justified, since there is no other way to make the northern border safe. But it is only natural that a Lebanese woman is not happy that she and her countrymen are being punished for not fighting a civil war in order to defend Israeli borders.