Thursday, January 8, 2009

Some Informed Speculation

Whether Hizbullah launched the rockets into Israel will soon become apparent. If the attack is a limited barrage, it may have been generated by al Qaeda sympathizers or Palestinian groups such as the PFLP-GC (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command). If the missile fire is sustained, there can be no doubt that it is generated by Hizbullah, in all likelihood at Iran's behest. Hizbullah is no mere terror group but an integral force now in the government of Lebanon. Hizbullah has increased the size of its arsenal, its range, and lethality since the last war. If this is an assault by Hizbullah, Israel can not mount only an air war or a charge to the Litani to counter it. She must wage a war of sovereign states against not only Hizbullah, the terrorist organization that has muscled its way into the governance of Lebanon but against the Lebanon Armed Forces(LAF) which acquiesced and allowed genocidal Shia Islamists to share power, and against the institutions of the compromised Lebanese state. Watch for Syria to maneuver forces to threaten Israel on the Golan as well and don't be surprised to see a terrorist foray there as well facilitated by Assad or permitted by him.

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