War Again?

Reuters

Yesterday two IDF soldiers were killed and seven injured by enemy attacks in the north.

Two IDF soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded, most of them suffering shrapnel injuries and broken bones, in an attack on northern Israel launched Wednesday at 11:35am by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorist organization.
A UNIFIL peacekeeper from Spain also died in the exchange of artillery fire that followed.
The multi-pronged attack on Mount Dov, Mount Hermon and the Metullah area in northern Israel involved gunfire and anti-tank missiles directed at a convoy of two IDF vehicles and two civilian vehicles traveling from Mount Dov. Both of the unarmored army jeeps were hit directly. (Jewish Press)

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Ordinary Israeli citizens have barely recovered from the war this past summer, which had Tel Aviv sprinting to shelter and citizens of the south realizing that the sounds under their feet weren't paranoid hallucinations. There really were/are Arab terrorist tunnels under their homes and schools. Now it looks like our Northern enemies are itching for a war against us.

Troops remain along border, continue drilling for tunnels near Zir'it. (Jeruslaem Post)

This is not good! For years residents of the North had also complained of strange sounds under their feet, and the chances are that like in the South, the Arab terrorist enemies have been building a sophisticated network of tunnels in order to enter and leave Israel undetected.

We're a month and a half from Israeli Knesset Elections which are a couple of years ahead of schedule. Serious security problems will make Israelis focus on that, rather than the social issues the Left promotes. But Bibi's problem will be that he didn't "finish" the war in the south last summer. He left our brave IDF soldiers and most of the public feeling very frustrated and angry.

For much too long, our wars have been incomplete. Instead of demanding total surrender from our enemies, we beg for a ceasefire. And in exchange we send our soldiers home and our enemies work hard so that they'll be in a stronger position next time. And then each "next time" comes faster.

This is not good!

The United States Verses Democracy

The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been instructing the citizens of Lebanon about who should get their votes.

I may be a naive purist, but that's not democracy. Clinton isn't Lebanese, and she doesn't live there. She has no right to tell them what to do.

In that same thread, I don't approve of the United States or any other country interfering with Israeli politics. I don't even like diaspora Jews telling us whom to vote for.

I live in Israel and have lived in Israel all of my adult life. Most of that time I have lived in Shiloh.

I'm still an American citizen. I keep an up-to-date passport. According to American Law, I have the right to vote in United States Elections. But I don't vote. I don't vote because I live here in Israel.

Yes, I admit that I blog my opinions about American elections, but I don't instruct anyone about what they must do. I don't claim to know American needs better than those who live there. OK, part of the reason is because I'm a cynic, and I know that no matter who gets elected, they may "transform" into someone else's policies.

There's something extremely insidious about Clinton's telling the Lebanese for whom to vote. She doesn't want "the Islamic militant group Hezbollah " to prove its popular support. The New York Times, may call Hezbollah "militant," but we all know that they are terrorists and they want to destroy Israel. During that disastrous Olmertian Lebanese War a couple of years ago, the world kept trying to paint a picture showing Israel attacking innocent civilians, when we were trying to get at the Hezbollah terrorists who hid in civilian settings.

Clinton's "technique" bodes ill for world peace. You can't fix things if your diagnosis is faulty.

No Time For Truce--Israel Attacked From Lebanon!

hat tip-IMRA

Nahariya area attacked by Hezbollah. The UN "Peacekeeping" Force has failed. No surprise.

Just as news is spreading of the Israeli Government's growing enthusiasm for pleasing the goyim and approving a ceasefire, the Hezbollah/Lebanon has struck.

The government thinks they can depend on foreign forces, but we cant. We must take full responsibility for our own defense. No foreign government will approve its forces fighting for us. At most they'll report terrorist violations. In most cases, they won't even do that. They will not endanger themselves for us, especially as they support the Arab terrorists.

Knock, Knock! Ehud Barak!

Yoo hoo! Anything there?

The latest from Ehud Barak is:

"Hizbullah is 3x Stronger"

I have no doubts that the statement is correct, if not worse. But why hasn't Barak resigned and apologized for being responsible for that dangerous situation?

Hizbullah has been able to keep on preparing for war against us, stockpiling weapons etc, because when Barak ran for Prime Minister of Israel against Bibi Netanyahu, he pledged to withdraw from Southern Lebanon. He won and then had the IDF run out leaving an enormous quantity of valuable equipment, which the Arabs were happy to receive and use against us.

Why isn't Bibi using this and the fact that under Barak's reign, terrorism reigned in Israel?