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| Netanyahu: Don't stop war |
| 2006-07-31 |
| Israel is facing a strategic threat and therefore must end the war in Lebanon with a strategic victory, Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday at the Knesset, responding to international pressures to end the fighting. Turning his attention to the air raid on the village of Qana in southern Lebanon that left dozens of civilians dead, Netanyahu said: "Here in Israel, there's genuine regret over the killing of children." Bibi warned that a missile war can commence at any moment and characterized the prospect as a strategic threat. "A third of the country is paralyzed because of this. Who knows whether this will include other citizens as well," he said. "This is a strategic threatÂ…that requires a strategic victory. Those were the objectives set out by the government, justly, wisely, and boldly. They were presented to the security cabinet on the 13th of this month." Netanyahu also stressed that Israelis will continue to back the government as long as it continues to fight Hizbullah. "I know there's immense unification in order to achieve the objectives," he said. "It comes from all parts of the country because people know we're facing a different threat. This isn't merely a militia. In order to remove this threat, we recieved support from our greatest friend, the US, which rightfully said: We must do something, because if we don't, what have we done?" Bibi aroused the anger of Arab Knesset Members after arguing "this is a war with a justified objective. No objective is more justified. None. The difference between us and the terrorists is that we hit (civilians) by mistake, and they do it with malice. This is the difference between a legitimate war and war crimes." "This is the difference between us and them. We genuinely attempt to minimize the harm to civilians," he said. "The journey of war is like any other journey. It starts easily but midway there's a difficult junction where we must decide whether we continue to climb the mountain or stop, and I call on the government: Don't stop midway. Complete the job." Turning to Arab MKs who earlier referred to the Qana air raid, Netanyahu said: "When missiles were falling, when an (Israeli) grandmother and her granddaughter were murdered, I didn't hear youÂ…" |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #8 this phase of conflict needs to be sustained long enough so that Iran finally steps on its own d!ck Now there's a positive outcome I hadn't thought about. That got the black dawgs moving. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-31 21:34 |
| #7 I agree, I don't want them to stop until they have achieved a decisive victory. Where I come from, if you cannot keep your dog on a leash and it bites your neighbor, the dog gets put down and you get taken to court. The same analogy holds true here. Lebanon either internally "liquidates" it's pooch Hizzyebola or they suffer the consequences. Plausible deniability only extends so far. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-07-31 20:27 |
| #6 Remember, BigEd, some people aren't on speaking terms with the truth. This addage would seem to include a vast majority of Muslims. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-07-31 19:46 |
| #5 Mr. Netanyahu is a thorn in the side of the MSM and their minions amongst all the appeasers. He just tells it like it is, and everone gets "offended" because they don't like to hear the truth... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-07-31 19:38 |
| #4 I just posted this story - it's sitting in the queue, I guess... Israel to Widen Ground Offensive in Lebanon |
| Posted by: Supple Whomper9999 2006-07-31 19:25 |
| #3 If anything, this phase of conflict needs to be sustained long enough so that Iran finally steps on its own d!ck via proven arms shipments or other outright logistical support to Hezbollah. It'll be just one more excellent reason to bomb the living snot out of Iran in the months to come. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-07-31 19:20 |
| #2 The fact that he's willing to stick up for the government is one of the few rays of hope I see. I sure hope I live long enough to read a book about what really went on in this war. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-31 18:03 |
| #1 I salute you B.B. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-31 18:01 |