The New Dawn: Part, Continued...
Israel is dead. As an independent nation Israel is dead, they can no longer defend themselves. It's a new dawn, rockets have done that. The only protection against those rockets is the elimination of the people who fire those rockets, and Israel can't do that.
Two things:
--They can't do it with air power, because they can't find them. Only 40 sorties last night. That's not because Israel is out of fuel or planes or pilots, it's because they don't have any targets.
--And they can't "punish" the infrastructure because Hizbollah doesn't care, it's not theirs. (The only reason Kosovo "worked" is because we bombed Serbia. The Serbian army in Kosovo wasn't scratched, the only reason Slobo withdrew his troops is because the damage to Serbian infrastructure became intolerable).
So air power is a pop gun, it's meaningless. And Israel can't go in with boots because they're afraid:
--It would result in two many Israeli deaths. They would have to invest the entire country. (The idea that the Latina River any longer has any meaning is reflexive verbiage, a movement merely of the mouth, it no longer makes intellectual sense).
--Even supposing Israel had the courage, they couldn't do it because the West (still reflexive) wouldn't allow it.
So Israel is dead, unless they're saved by France (et al.)
This is obvious. George Bush knows it, Condi knows it. France (et al.) isn't quite there yet. And Hizbollah has won! Anybody who denies that is simply a liar. In the Arab world, if you can throw a stone at an Israeli tank and in return lose only your mother and sister to an artillery shell, you have won and you're a man...Praise be to Allah. The West has lost. Much more than a stone has been thrown and it's gone on and on and on. Israel could kill every last Hizbollian in Lebanon, they would still have lost. There are more Hizbollians out there, and the Arabs know it. There is only one way the West can gain a draw, and that's if it's the West that kills every last Hizbollian. That would be sobering, even to an Arab, because they know that their only actual great strength is Western public opinion. This remains a strong suit. Opinion is reflexive, the twitchings of a decerebrated frog. It won't change.
--It is interesting to note that even 20,000 ICBMs wouldn't protect against these guys; you can't find them, you can't kill them.
Boots. Boots. Boots. Western boots!
UPDATE: 7:30
Victory! Victory! Victory! --for the bad guys. Iran continues to supply Syria; Syria continues to supply Hizbollah. Iran is sending suicide bombers to Lebanon... Why not? It's always good to go to Allah in victory; and Arabs and Jews are having counter demonstrations in Haifa and have come to blows. This is what will happen to the Arab street in victory, even among otherwise loyal Arab/Israeli citizens. They get feisty.
Who wants to pretend Hizbollah hasn't won? How long will it take for the West to recognize there's nothing morally even-steven in all of this? How long will it take the West to recognize that there is no such thing any longer as a "fair" power-broker in this area? How long will it take the West to recognize it must take a side, and fight? ...How long will it take the West to stick a lemon in Kofi Annan's mouth?
Two things:
--They can't do it with air power, because they can't find them. Only 40 sorties last night. That's not because Israel is out of fuel or planes or pilots, it's because they don't have any targets.
--And they can't "punish" the infrastructure because Hizbollah doesn't care, it's not theirs. (The only reason Kosovo "worked" is because we bombed Serbia. The Serbian army in Kosovo wasn't scratched, the only reason Slobo withdrew his troops is because the damage to Serbian infrastructure became intolerable).
So air power is a pop gun, it's meaningless. And Israel can't go in with boots because they're afraid:
--It would result in two many Israeli deaths. They would have to invest the entire country. (The idea that the Latina River any longer has any meaning is reflexive verbiage, a movement merely of the mouth, it no longer makes intellectual sense).
--Even supposing Israel had the courage, they couldn't do it because the West (still reflexive) wouldn't allow it.
So Israel is dead, unless they're saved by France (et al.)
This is obvious. George Bush knows it, Condi knows it. France (et al.) isn't quite there yet. And Hizbollah has won! Anybody who denies that is simply a liar. In the Arab world, if you can throw a stone at an Israeli tank and in return lose only your mother and sister to an artillery shell, you have won and you're a man...Praise be to Allah. The West has lost. Much more than a stone has been thrown and it's gone on and on and on. Israel could kill every last Hizbollian in Lebanon, they would still have lost. There are more Hizbollians out there, and the Arabs know it. There is only one way the West can gain a draw, and that's if it's the West that kills every last Hizbollian. That would be sobering, even to an Arab, because they know that their only actual great strength is Western public opinion. This remains a strong suit. Opinion is reflexive, the twitchings of a decerebrated frog. It won't change.
--It is interesting to note that even 20,000 ICBMs wouldn't protect against these guys; you can't find them, you can't kill them.
Boots. Boots. Boots. Western boots!
UPDATE: 7:30
Victory! Victory! Victory! --for the bad guys. Iran continues to supply Syria; Syria continues to supply Hizbollah. Iran is sending suicide bombers to Lebanon... Why not? It's always good to go to Allah in victory; and Arabs and Jews are having counter demonstrations in Haifa and have come to blows. This is what will happen to the Arab street in victory, even among otherwise loyal Arab/Israeli citizens. They get feisty.
Who wants to pretend Hizbollah hasn't won? How long will it take for the West to recognize there's nothing morally even-steven in all of this? How long will it take the West to recognize that there is no such thing any longer as a "fair" power-broker in this area? How long will it take the West to recognize it must take a side, and fight? ...How long will it take the West to stick a lemon in Kofi Annan's mouth?
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