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“We Should Bomb All Of Lebanon, Not Just Hezbollah”

July 25, 2008 · Mustapha Hamoui

The warm reception of Kuntar by the Lebanese has allowed Israeli nutjobs to publish hatred with abandon.

They don’t teach you this in journalism:

The only good thing that happened in the last war [July 2006] was the relative damage caused to Lebanon’s population. The destruction of thousands of homes of “innocents” preserved some of Israel’s deterrent power. The only way to prevent another war is to make it clear that should one break out, Lebanon may be razed to the ground.

You see, apparently women and children deserved to die because the Lebanese as a whole are engaged in a devilish good-cop bad-cop conspiracy against Israel:

What is the real reality in Lebanon? Reality is that Hizbullah and its “rivals” are highly coordinated when it comes to presenting a mirage whereby Hizbullah represents the “bad guys” while the Lebanese government represents the “good guys.” In case of war, Israel would only be allowed to fight the “bad guys,” but it won’t be allowed to target the interests of the “good guys.” The trouble is that it is almost impossible to only hit the “bad guys,” while the “good guys” are immune to us.

That is only matched by Hezbollah’s crazy supporters who say that little Israeli girls deserve to die because they’ll grow up one day to become soldiers and kill Arab children. That said, let’s hope Giora Eiland’s ideas don’t catch on in Israel:

Israel must first and foremost make this clear to its allies. The most effective way to convince anyone is to tell the truth, and the truth is we cannot defeat Hizbullah as long as it is being supported by the Lebanese state. Therefore, if there is again aggression on the part of Lebanon, Israel would have no choice but to fight against the state that is encouraging aggression in practice. Those who had any doubt about the position of the Lebanese state should be reminded of the warm reception for murderer Samir Kuntar on the part of the Lebanese president and government ministers.