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eumeliaThere's a cease-fire going on.
Yesterday Hezbollah launched 250 missiles, just to say farewell, to those who don't know that's double the amount the average they've launched in the past.
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hagar_972 and I didn't notice how busy we were until the last hour of our shift when we lost it a little bit, started giggling and annoying people around us (more than usual, that is).
We also had our parting gifts by destroying even more of the decimated Beirut and Zur (Tyre), *sigh*.
Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon are utterly destroyed, yeah, I'm sure all the people moving up country and down country will be delighted to see their rubbled homes and regiments of soldiers "Peacekeeping".
So now Israel will wait inside until there the Lebanese Army and the promised UNIFIL forces enter and the Lebanese government does what it's supposed to do, disarm Hezbollah and get proper sovereignty over it's entire country. Hezbollah having ministers in the Lebanese Parliament doesn't mean they are granted control over a certain part of the country.
While Resolution 1701 is good for Israel on the whole, it doesn't do much to reprimand Hezbollah for all the crap they've pulled, it's a slap on the wrist to the irresponsible Lebanese Government (since it calls to implement the Taif Accords, which should have happened when they were, ya know, agreed upon! Not to mention other Resolutions - 1559 and 1608). So Hezbollah will lay low for a few years, this time a less than six I am sure, while it arms itself again, via Syria and Iran. I'm pretty sure the Russians are a little unhappy about the arms embargo put on Syria and Iran since they like to do business with them, but ya know, if you're going to be doing business with shady countries you've got to make sure your ass is covered and Russia has a large ass.
I'm still in reserve, because, well, Hezbollah doesn't have the best track record with abiding with diplomatic agreements and since when does Israel promptly do what it should, I mean it took us nearly thirty years to get out of Gaza and twenty to get out of Lebanon (the first time). So both sides are going to be butting heads over this.
Then again, what else is new?
Until Hagar and I get regular service replacements we'll be staying, which should be a week.
If it's more... I do believe heads will roll, since Hagar and I will behead them from the relevant bodies.
Despite my cynicism, this I hope for:
"וכתתו חרבותם לאתים וחניתותיהם למזמרות לא ישא גוי אל גוי חרב ולא-ילמדו עוד מלחמה"
ישעיה, פרק ב', פסוק ד'
"And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up swords against nation, neither shall they learn war any more"
Isaiah chapter 2, verse 4
Yesterday Hezbollah launched 250 missiles, just to say farewell, to those who don't know that's double the amount the average they've launched in the past.
hagar_972 and I didn't notice how busy we were until the last hour of our shift when we lost it a little bit, started giggling and annoying people around us (more than usual, that is). We also had our parting gifts by destroying even more of the decimated Beirut and Zur (Tyre), *sigh*.
Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon are utterly destroyed, yeah, I'm sure all the people moving up country and down country will be delighted to see their rubbled homes and regiments of soldiers "Peacekeeping".
So now Israel will wait inside until there the Lebanese Army and the promised UNIFIL forces enter and the Lebanese government does what it's supposed to do, disarm Hezbollah and get proper sovereignty over it's entire country. Hezbollah having ministers in the Lebanese Parliament doesn't mean they are granted control over a certain part of the country.
While Resolution 1701 is good for Israel on the whole, it doesn't do much to reprimand Hezbollah for all the crap they've pulled, it's a slap on the wrist to the irresponsible Lebanese Government (since it calls to implement the Taif Accords, which should have happened when they were, ya know, agreed upon! Not to mention other Resolutions - 1559 and 1608). So Hezbollah will lay low for a few years, this time a less than six I am sure, while it arms itself again, via Syria and Iran. I'm pretty sure the Russians are a little unhappy about the arms embargo put on Syria and Iran since they like to do business with them, but ya know, if you're going to be doing business with shady countries you've got to make sure your ass is covered and Russia has a large ass.
I'm still in reserve, because, well, Hezbollah doesn't have the best track record with abiding with diplomatic agreements and since when does Israel promptly do what it should, I mean it took us nearly thirty years to get out of Gaza and twenty to get out of Lebanon (the first time). So both sides are going to be butting heads over this.
Then again, what else is new?
Until Hagar and I get regular service replacements we'll be staying, which should be a week.
If it's more... I do believe heads will roll, since Hagar and I will behead them from the relevant bodies.
Despite my cynicism, this I hope for:
"וכתתו חרבותם לאתים וחניתותיהם למזמרות לא ישא גוי אל גוי חרב ולא-ילמדו עוד מלחמה"
ישעיה, פרק ב', פסוק ד'
"And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up swords against nation, neither shall they learn war any more"
Isaiah chapter 2, verse 4
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Date: 2006-08-17 12:00 am (UTC)"Those who beat their swords into ploughshares ... will plough for those who don't"