Siniora hits back at Hezbullah
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora hit back at an accusation by a Hezbullah MP that he attempted to prolong the 2006 Second Lebanon War in the hope that the IDF would succeed in destroying Hezbullah. Saniora, in a late-night statement issued by his office, said his government had rejected a U.S.-French proposal back then that suggested the deployment of a multinational force without mention to Shebaa Farms or the seven-point cease-fire plan crafted by the Saniora Cabinet.It wasn't Siniora's government that attempted to drag out the war. It was Israel and at the beginning of the war it was the United States. The US wanted Israel to finish off Hezbullah, and the Olmert government was willing to do it - but only if they didn't get their hands dirty.
Instead, Saniora said, the Lebanese government insisted on a comprehensive cease-fire deal that includes an Israeli withdrawal behind the Lebanese border and the deployment of both the Lebanese army and the peacekeeping forces.
It's a shame Olmert is such a coward. He could have rid Israel of a dangerous enemy.
Labels: Fouad Siniora, lost opportunity, Second Lebanon War
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:55 AM
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There's been no great improvement in the lot of Israeli politicians since Netanyahu's election. They all live in fear of the US might do to Israel.
What could go wrong indeed
I saw that Pres. Bush said something like that the Israelis taking out that nuclear facility in Syria reinstated his faith in Israel after he had lost it during Leb II. I haven't read his book yet, but I would like to ask him to address the interference of his SOS Condi Rice in the conduct of Leb II (we were in Israel during Leb II and the US definitely stuck their noses into the middle of things), not to mention her interference by comparing the Palestinians to the U.S. civil rights movement (which is an insult to MLK). It's hard to tell with President Bush how much it painted his world to be brought up with Saudi Uncle Abdulluh interlocked with his father and his oil patch friends... who will have the courage to ask him and pursue it for more than ten seconds?
Sunlight,
Most of Condi's real bad interference was after the war.
In the war itself, Israel was given every opportunity to win, but we were led by a triumvirate of cowards (Olmert, Peretz and Halutz) backed up by a foreign minister (Livni) who didn't understand what she was negotiating.
See here:
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2006/12/us-neocons-expected-israel-to-attack.html
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