U.S. influence in the mid east.....Follow

http://www.slate.com/id/2146535/

As former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross has noted, Hezbollah had respected the Israeli-Lebanese border (save for a contested postage stamp of territory called Shebaa Farms) for the six years since Ehud Barak pulled Israeli troops out of southern Lebanon. Although Hezbollah may have had an interest in carrying out the latest attack as a push-back against internal Lebanese pressure to disarm, it is difficult to imagine that the group would have kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed several others without orders from Iran.

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the writer is taking liberty here with certain events.

for 6 years they did respect the border with Israel, but not because they chose to, but because at the time, Syeria was occupying Lebonon to end decades of constant civil war, and constant war with Israel.

when the U.S spearheaded the political pressure to condem Syeria for the occupation of Lebonon, in hopes of sponsering a U.S. friendly democratic government (sound familiar? iraq anyone?), and thus bufering Israel on two of its fronts with democracies friendly to the U.S., and thus Israel, Syeria caved in.

Syeria was in Lebonon to begine with at the request of the League of Arab States to stop the constant violance from the factious warlord / clerics occupying differant parts of the area. as a direct result, we could enter Lebonon and negitiate with them. when we did, all we accomplished was creating (buying) a faction to champion a democracy and try and push Syeria out. prior to Syeria going in, it was a no-mans land for us.

when Syeria left, they effectivly unleashed the dogs of war in Lebonon. the people of Lebonon WANT war with Israel. the border was only respected because Syeria had a leash on their dogs.

Syeria is probably laughing their **** off now at us. we boitched and moaned about Syeria stiffeling the freedoms of the people of Lebonon, so Syeria said, okay, we will leave, but be carefull what you ask for and dont comecrying to me when the sheit (punn intended) hits the fan.

we did this to ourselves. just like the mess we created in Iraq.

here is some intellegance the whitehouse just cant seem to get a grip on. they HATE Israel, and they HATE us. give them freedom and they will try to KILL us and Israel to boot.

this should be blatently aparrent now with in your face examples like Iraq and the mess going on in Lebonon. not that the idiots in the whitehouse will pick up on the obvious however.

Hussin had a handle on Iraq. Syeria had a handle on Lebonon. and the world was a safer place bacause of it. enter the U.S. and a totaly ignorant policy for world domination...........stupid is as stupid does.

there are some places in the world that SHOULD NOT have freedom. there are some palces in the world where TYRANNY is NECESSARY to preserve some sembalance of peace. the solution to the mess in the middleeast must be a MUSLIM solution. anything we or Israel touch will be tainted and hated. we cannot do it. they have already proven they can, even though we dont like the way they are doing it.

this addminitraition created this mess out of ignorance and arrogance. we did this. this blood is on our hands.

can you see the leaders in Syeria laughing their **** off when Rice called and asked to meet? they are probably rolling on the floor and wiping tears from their eyes.

yes, we look that stupid to the rest of the world. welcome to the moral majority.

That may be why he never gets the hint?

70% how you look
20% how you sound
10% what you actually say

You look and sound like a hyper, dysfunctional six year old, so who cares what you're saying?

In a large way, I think the U.N. needs to get off its ***. In most cases they are usually the last ones to get involved, and when they do act, they don't accomplish much anyway.