No all nations don't. Israel is well on its way to being a rogue nation. Sneak attacks on a sovereign nation may be cute in the beginning - until that nation's friends remember the pacts they had made with the attacked nation. There are thousands of innocent people who have been injured, thousands. All so the trump of the Middle East can foment a war to stay out of prison. Sound familiar?
In 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty by air and by sea. Somehow they just couldn't see the US colors, or chose not to. 10 killed, 90 wounded 22 missing. Israel's response? Yawn. We are the poor saps who bankroll their war machine. We are not their friends.
Israel is not "protecting" its borders, it's trying to start a regional war; Bibi is hoping it will embroil US politics to the point that his good felon buddy will be re-elected. For both of them, anything to stay out of prison.
I donтАЩt trust Bibi for all the reasons you mention but Hezbollah has been attacking northern Israel so that the residents have been evacuated for almost a year. What should they do to protect their own citizens from people who want all Israelis ( and probably all Jews) dead? Accept the attacks because Israel should not exist and have been persecuting Palestinians since time immemorial? ItтАЩs complicated. Why donтАЩt you you see Hezbollah and Hamas as rogue leaders of their countries?
I do take exception to having civilians living above terrorist infrastructure. To me that's really shitty and those civilians are put in grave danger thusly. It sucks.
That's an amazing conclusion to make. A foreign country commits an act of war on another country and you find that ok? Because of the on going conflict in Israel? Did I mention Israel? No. Did I, in anyway, mention admiration for Hamas? No. Was the attack on another sovereign nation an act of war carried out by wholly sanctioned terrorist agency of neighboring state? Were thousands of innocent people injured? Yes. Your point in no way acknowledges the civilians who were harmed. The logical conclusion you seem to be backing is that, even if we don't like the politics of Lebanon, we have the right to react violently in their internal affairs. In Israel's jubilantly doing this? They are no better than Hezbollah and Hamas.
However, Mossad is not necessarily doing Israel favors by escalating the war. I wonder how long people will feel it is a safe homeland with things escalating and more and more Muslim countries joining in support of Palestine and Lebanon. It is not bringing the hostages home, although it is fighting against a 2 state solution.
Do not mess with Mossad! All nations need to be thinking hard on this.
No all nations don't. Israel is well on its way to being a rogue nation. Sneak attacks on a sovereign nation may be cute in the beginning - until that nation's friends remember the pacts they had made with the attacked nation. There are thousands of innocent people who have been injured, thousands. All so the trump of the Middle East can foment a war to stay out of prison. Sound familiar?
In 1967, Israel attacked the USS Liberty by air and by sea. Somehow they just couldn't see the US colors, or chose not to. 10 killed, 90 wounded 22 missing. Israel's response? Yawn. We are the poor saps who bankroll their war machine. We are not their friends.
Israel is not "protecting" its borders, it's trying to start a regional war; Bibi is hoping it will embroil US politics to the point that his good felon buddy will be re-elected. For both of them, anything to stay out of prison.
I donтАЩt trust Bibi for all the reasons you mention but Hezbollah has been attacking northern Israel so that the residents have been evacuated for almost a year. What should they do to protect their own citizens from people who want all Israelis ( and probably all Jews) dead? Accept the attacks because Israel should not exist and have been persecuting Palestinians since time immemorial? ItтАЩs complicated. Why donтАЩt you you see Hezbollah and Hamas as rogue leaders of their countries?
I do take exception to having civilians living above terrorist infrastructure. To me that's really shitty and those civilians are put in grave danger thusly. It sucks.
That's an amazing conclusion to make. A foreign country commits an act of war on another country and you find that ok? Because of the on going conflict in Israel? Did I mention Israel? No. Did I, in anyway, mention admiration for Hamas? No. Was the attack on another sovereign nation an act of war carried out by wholly sanctioned terrorist agency of neighboring state? Were thousands of innocent people injured? Yes. Your point in no way acknowledges the civilians who were harmed. The logical conclusion you seem to be backing is that, even if we don't like the politics of Lebanon, we have the right to react violently in their internal affairs. In Israel's jubilantly doing this? They are no better than Hezbollah and Hamas.
However, Mossad is not necessarily doing Israel favors by escalating the war. I wonder how long people will feel it is a safe homeland with things escalating and more and more Muslim countries joining in support of Palestine and Lebanon. It is not bringing the hostages home, although it is fighting against a 2 state solution.