And then when the Israelis retreat, Hizbullah re-house Lebanon’s people. Hmm, now which of these two organizations–Hizbullah and the Israeli state–would you choose to support if you lived in southern Lebanon? The one the bombs you, or the one that gives you a year’s free rent?
Congrats to Israel, the US and the UK on driving yet more muslims (and a significant number of christians—weird how such faithful xians as Blair and Bush were happy for their co-religionists to be bombed over the past few days by non-co-religionists, sort of the crusades in reverse) into the arms of Hizbullah. The only better outcome for them and for al-qaida and co. would have been continued bombing. Then everyone’s aims of armageddon would have been enacted.
Wonder what would have happened if, in 1973, after quite justifiably beating up all their neighbours, Israel had not taken the course of stealing all the water from the West Bank aquifer, destroying the Palestinians’ land and homes, and destroying their culture. Instead if it had embarked on a policy of investment, aid and kindness, well, maye they’d have had less trouble over the past thirty years. And it might have cost rather less on the defence budget too. Oh, and it might have given them some more people well-disposed enough to inform on the tiny minority of terrorists.
I know, its a dreamland I live in sometimes isn’t it?