Deja vu

After almost a quarter of a century Lebanon is again racked by violence between Arabs and Israelis with no prospect of it abating anytime soon. Lebanon is a battle field with Israeli soldiers and militant Arabs locked into mortal combat. Israeli planes are bombing Beirut, refugees are scrambling to escape and Syria and Iran are boiling the pot.
If I didn't know it was 2006 I would think it was 1983. You don't even need a program for the current war. The players and rules are the same as they were in 1983 and again we are the ones trying to broker a peace. The rest of the world is calling for the Israelis to use restraint while Hezbollah keeps firing rockets into Israeli
Just imagine that this morning 50 missiles were launched from Cuba and exploded in Miami killing scores of people and destroying buildings and homes. Now imagine that the rest of the world told the USA not to be too aggressive and to use restraint. Our history shows us that America always rejects such advice. Each time there has been a direct attack on our soil we have never used restraint. We have set about defeating and ending the treat just as the Israelis are trying to do in Lebanon.
The key to ending violence in Lebanon requires that Hezbollah as a military force be vanished but that will never happen. The Israelis will eventually withdraw from Lebanon, Syria will continue to meddle in Lebanese politics and Iran will keep supplying weapons to Hezbollah.
If only this war was as simple as Cowboys and Indians! All the Israelis Cowboys would need to do is make sure the Hezbollah Indians found the stash of fire water, wait till the Indians were too drunk to shoot straight, capture them and march the off to the reservation never to cause any trouble ever again. Well this is not 1850, Muslims don't drink fire water and I don't think promising the Hezbollah Indians they can sell no tax cigarettes will keep them on the reservation and make them a peacefully lot. There is always going to be friction between different religions somewhere in the world. At least its not the Baptist against the Presbyterian