but if Syria or Iran step in,
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yep. thats the big risk.
while Syeria and Jordan are both disavowing the actions of Hezbola, Israel needs to move as fast as possible. neither country will ever openly support Israel, but as long as they are not openly condeming their actions, they have a window of opportunity to end this quickly without it escalating into an all out reagonal war.
we NEVER should have supported Lebonons bid for democracy to rid itself of Syerian controll. this is a direct result of Syerias withdraw from lebonon.
there are some places in the world where democracy will not work. something we are starting to learn in Iraq.
if they move in quickly, and get out quickly and dont make any overtures about occupying lebonon, Israel can win this decisivly without it turning into something much much larger.