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2008-07-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel to go ahead with Hezbollah prisoner swap

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 the moral obligation is to their soldiers, not to Hezbollah.

The soldiers are both dead, by the way. May He who makes peace in Heaven, send peace to those who mourn for them.

As for inflicting pain on Hezbollah, this clears to the deck to some degree. Israel's direct option in Lebanon are rather limited - but I think Israel is looking past Hezbollah to their sponsors, and this is one step in making an attack on those sponsors easier.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-07-16 09:14|| 2008-07-16 09:14|| Front Page Top

#2 and BTW, if I was (heaven forbid) Sami Qantar, Id go as far "underground" as possible right away.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-07-16 09:15|| 2008-07-16 09:15|| Front Page Top

#3 this is worth reading, discusses mainly the negative aspects of the deal, but also throws light on other things

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330981836&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-07-16 09:40|| 2008-07-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 the moral obligation is to their soldiers, not to Hezbollah.

I'm sure that the very last thing the two soldiers would have wanted was for their lifeless corpses to be used by their government to grant Hezbollah a stupendous humiliation of Israel.

Shameful.

Posted by Bulldog 2008-07-16 15:18|| 2008-07-16 15:18|| Front Page Top

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