Bibi will prolong the war as it is in his benefit as he tries to repair his reputation. He can ignore calls for elections if the country is at war.
Like someone deep in quicksand it is too little too late, but he will drag anything and anyone if it means he has a shot at a recovery.
It’s likely going to be expanded to Lebanon. Israel is not prepared to have a terrorist organisation capable of infiltrating Israel and having their own October 7 on their northern border. Who can blame them?
The UN should have done more to ensure Hezbollah kept to UN resolution 1701: “No armed forces other than UNIFIL and Lebanese, will be south of the litani river.” I believe that is precisely what Israel is calling for. If talks fail, then I think it’s perfectly reasonable for Israel to hit every single Hezbollah position south of the litani river.
Did someone say Iraq? I could have sworn I heard someone say Iraq.
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Does it alarm the US that Hezbollah is shooting missiles from Lebanon into Israel? This headline is a bit misleading. Israel isn’t going to expand the war into Lebanon. Hezbollah is doing that on its own. Once more with the blaming Israel for things that others start.
I think we need to make to clear—first and foremost to ourselves but also to Israel—that we aren’t sending in our troops if they get themselves in a tough spot.
The world is unraveling and, to be completely honest, the Middle East is the last place I care about when shit actually does hit the fan.
Let them do it alone. Cut off funding for murder already. Not just with Bibi.
If the US had rockets fired at their cities, they would have flattened everything within 2 miles of the border. I don’t get why this headline sounds like Israel is the aggressor here.
Maybe the US should shift more of it’s alarm on Hezbollah, rather than wanting Israel to just sit and be bombarded by an Iranian proxy on its border
Lebanon is the one expanding it not Israel
What choice does Israel have if they continue to be attacked from the regions of southern Lebanon? What significance does a line on a map hold when the blood of your family is spilled? Those who intend to commit crimes will be held responsible. If we find ourselves surrounded by madmen and murderers what choice do we have but to defend ourselves and defeat them?
The only time Israel lost a war was against Hezbollah (and Iran) in Lebanon. Unless there are clear objectives and a clear timetable of when these objectives are to be carried out, they risk getting bogged down again. If this happens, it’ll be to Iran’s benefit and history can definitely repeat itself
Aren’t they getting shot at from lebanon??
Alarms US but excites weapons manufacturers
It’s neat seeing them dismantle terror groups though. I mean I think that’s what’s going on from skimming posts, comments and articles.
The US would be doing the same thing if it was their territory being shot at.
It would be stupid to escalate.
Since the UN just loves passing resolutions and crying about being blocked from enforcing them by the permanent members, how about enforcing UN Resolution 1701 which has the unanimous support of all permanent members and zero opposition from anyone and which makes it very clear that Hezbollah should not have any presence whatsoever south of the Litani River? How about enforcing that resolution, oh, wait, the UN only wants to enforce resolutions against Israel, not the ones that actually help secure it even if it means that failure to enforce 1701 will eventually lead to a Third Lebanese War
how is this alarming. This could have been seen from a mile away and was fully expected.
Okay, sure, whatever.
Can the US stop giving them billions every year?
~3.4 billion last year, $330 billion+ over it’s lifetime – but we can’t afford healthcare.
Hezbollah has fired over 1000 rockets at Israel since October. About half a million Israelis in the north have been displaced.
We need to stop supporting Israel as long as Netanyahu is leading this effort. They need to replace him ASAP. He’s gonna start WW3 to avoid corruption charges.
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Bibi will prolong the war as it is in his benefit as he tries to repair his reputation. He can ignore calls for elections if the country is at war.
Like someone deep in quicksand it is too little too late, but he will drag anything and anyone if it means he has a shot at a recovery.
It’s likely going to be expanded to Lebanon. Israel is not prepared to have a terrorist organisation capable of infiltrating Israel and having their own October 7 on their northern border. Who can blame them?
The UN should have done more to ensure Hezbollah kept to UN resolution 1701: “No armed forces other than UNIFIL and Lebanese, will be south of the litani river.” I believe that is precisely what Israel is calling for. If talks fail, then I think it’s perfectly reasonable for Israel to hit every single Hezbollah position south of the litani river.
Did someone say Iraq? I could have sworn I heard someone say Iraq.
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Does it alarm the US that Hezbollah is shooting missiles from Lebanon into Israel? This headline is a bit misleading. Israel isn’t going to expand the war into Lebanon. Hezbollah is doing that on its own. Once more with the blaming Israel for things that others start.
I think we need to make to clear—first and foremost to ourselves but also to Israel—that we aren’t sending in our troops if they get themselves in a tough spot.
The world is unraveling and, to be completely honest, the Middle East is the last place I care about when shit actually does hit the fan.
Let them do it alone. Cut off funding for murder already. Not just with Bibi.
If the US had rockets fired at their cities, they would have flattened everything within 2 miles of the border. I don’t get why this headline sounds like Israel is the aggressor here.
Maybe the US should shift more of it’s alarm on Hezbollah, rather than wanting Israel to just sit and be bombarded by an Iranian proxy on its border
Lebanon is the one expanding it not Israel
What choice does Israel have if they continue to be attacked from the regions of southern Lebanon? What significance does a line on a map hold when the blood of your family is spilled? Those who intend to commit crimes will be held responsible. If we find ourselves surrounded by madmen and murderers what choice do we have but to defend ourselves and defeat them?
The only time Israel lost a war was against Hezbollah (and Iran) in Lebanon. Unless there are clear objectives and a clear timetable of when these objectives are to be carried out, they risk getting bogged down again. If this happens, it’ll be to Iran’s benefit and history can definitely repeat itself
Aren’t they getting shot at from lebanon??
Alarms US but excites weapons manufacturers
It’s neat seeing them dismantle terror groups though. I mean I think that’s what’s going on from skimming posts, comments and articles.
The US would be doing the same thing if it was their territory being shot at.
It would be stupid to escalate.
Since the UN just loves passing resolutions and crying about being blocked from enforcing them by the permanent members, how about enforcing UN Resolution 1701 which has the unanimous support of all permanent members and zero opposition from anyone and which makes it very clear that Hezbollah should not have any presence whatsoever south of the Litani River? How about enforcing that resolution, oh, wait, the UN only wants to enforce resolutions against Israel, not the ones that actually help secure it even if it means that failure to enforce 1701 will eventually lead to a Third Lebanese War
how is this alarming. This could have been seen from a mile away and was fully expected.
Okay, sure, whatever.
Can the US stop giving them billions every year?
~3.4 billion last year, $330 billion+ over it’s lifetime – but we can’t afford healthcare.
Hezbollah has fired over 1000 rockets at Israel since October. About half a million Israelis in the north have been displaced.
We need to stop supporting Israel as long as Netanyahu is leading this effort. They need to replace him ASAP. He’s gonna start WW3 to avoid corruption charges.