Israel Offered Nothing, Ehud Olmert Surrenders and Swallows Nasrallah’s Cock
Posted by: Emperor Misha I in Middle East, UN Watch, Useless Swine6:53 pm
(Via Hot Air)
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert endorsed an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal late Friday, after a day of dramatic day brinksmanship including a threat to expand the ground war in Lebanon.
So, after several weeks of pretending that he gave a shit while refusing to let the IDF defeat Hezbollah, obviously he thinks that the need for empty posturing is over and it’s time to sell his country and his people down the river.
Either his or Israel’s days are numbered after this demonstration of treason and cowardice.
France and the United States reached a deal Friday on a final draft resolution that would authorize the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws.
The only thing more sickening than reading the words “france and the United States reached a deal” was watching the news just now with Condi Rice and Kofi Annan locked in a hot, slurping, smacking 69 on the floor while they praised each other on reaching this monumental heap of nothing.
So what’s the meaning of the above? Well, UNIFIL and Lebanon Hezbollah will “take control of the region.”
Apart from the fact that there’ll be even more of them this time, this is what is called status quo ante, unless of course you’re enough of a naif and a moron to think that Hezbollah won’t be exerting at least the same amount of control over the Lebanese “government” now that they’ve been handed the hugest victory ever.
Doubt it?
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora received a copy of the US.-French draft resolution, government officials said. He was studying the document and contacting politicians for their input, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The officials refused to say whom Saniora was talking with, but the leading Lebanese Broadcasting Corp., said he was in touch with Hizbullah officials as well as parliament speaker Nabih Berri, Hizbullah’s de facto negotiator.
Quite reassuring, isn’t it? The Lebanese “Prime Minister” accepts the deal after making sure that it meets Hassan Nasrallah’s approval, and Condi, Kofi and Ehud join in celebrating this “victory.”
Score one point for Hezbollah.
It emphasizes the need for the “unconditional release” of the two IDF soldiers captured July 12, but does not make a direct demand for their freedom.
Score two points for Hezbollah. Not only are they shown that hostage-taking will get you what you want, they even get to keep the hostages.
Additionally, it calls on Israel and Lebanon to agree to a long-term solution under which Hizbullah would be disarmed.
Which is not going to happen, just as it has failed to happen in the past.
And if you believe for one second that it will, then I’ve got 800 acres of prime farmland in Brooklyn that I’m willing to sell you for a song.
Once again the world, faced with terrorism and deliberate bombardment of civilians, decides that surrender is the best option.
Entries (RSS)
What the hell is happening? Jizzbolah wins, thanks to the limp wrists who enable them. Let’s see Israel convince the next crop of soldiers to fight and die for their country after this cowardly move. Why the HELL did they invade in the first place? Israel, of all countries, should know that anything short of total annihilation of Jizzbollah will only make them stronger militarily, financially, and most unfortunately, politically. Stopping now is worse than never responding in the first place. Olmert better pray Sharon doesn’t wake up or he’ll get the shivitz kicked out of him. Any leader with a shred of wisdom will do exactly the opposite to what the U.N. is demanding.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:14 pmPlease let this be a political smokescreen that will only demonstrate a slight humanitarian pause before the necessary, deadly plunge. Jizzbollah must be erradicated or Israel might as well pack it in. Iran will FLOOD Jizzbollah with funds and weapons if they even so much as survive with one man left.
Just a thought - let’s give this 48 hours - Sunday Afternoon. I don’t think this is quite over yet.
August 11th, 2006 at 7:15 pmAnnan: Hizbullah launched ‘unprovoked attack’
August 11th, 2006 at 7:19 pmOh I get it, the UN pieceseekers will stay just until the lebanese army takes over…..this being the same lebanese army that hizballsack has no doubt infiltrated? that’s comforting…..
I think LC Wil has it right, Israel still has 48 hours to succeed in this thing. Let’s hope they find a sound strategy to implement and stop yo-yo’ing back and forth across the border in fear of world opinion….
I don’t believe the Israel of 1948, 1967, or 1973 would be this restrained in doing the right thing….where’s Moshe Dayan when you need him?
August 11th, 2006 at 7:51 pmIsrael — what is going on? - UPDATED…
I don’t think anyone can question that I stand with Israel in their fight against the Islamofascist terrorists who would like to see them annihilated, but is anyone else having a problem figuring out what the heck is going on? What are they doing? The…
August 11th, 2006 at 7:53 pm[…] Other updates: Michelle Malkin More Michelle Malkin Hot Air More Hot Air Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler […]
August 11th, 2006 at 8:04 pmGOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCREW THE UN…..why the HELL didnt Israel just ignore the fuckers and keep going????
August 11th, 2006 at 8:06 pmthat’s what the hezbsallsacks are going to do……Israel has the right to play by the same rules.
Wanna know something really sickening? There’s talk of hauling BOTH sides before the world court on war crimes charges.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:09 pmArmageddon is right on schedule…………all this simply makes me very glad I’m a firm believer in self-reliance…be it financial, personal protection or plain simple survival. If it comes to that, I will only laugh at the lefties waiting for the guvment to come to their aid. I owe them nothing. And I will kill anybody trying to take what is mine………..
August 11th, 2006 at 8:10 pmWhen I heard of the cease-fire I was disgusted. I don’t think there’s ever been a group burned more by “cease-fires” than the Jews. Israel should know better. I share LC Wil’s sentiments: lets see what happens up until Sunday. I’m not expecting much in these few hours but a bunker-buster on Assad’s head would be a great way to start this temporary “cease-fire”.
We must remember that Olmert is a leftist and his wife is a pro-paleostinian nutcase. The fact that Israel has gone this far under Olmert is remarkable, but in the end not too surprising. At the end of the day Israelis of every political persuasion are one nation concerned with the security and safety of their people/country. The same can’t be said for the leftist dregs in our country [I acknowledge there are a few good democrats].
Israel, you have gone this far. How many
August 11th, 2006 at 8:17 pmIslamofascists rearming“cease-fires” will you go through before you realize enough is enough? How much more Jewish blood needs to run through the streets? Destroy your eternal enemies once and for all. Systematically take out the hezbollah infrastructure. Carry out [more] target assassinations, bombing of weapon caches, obliterating hezbollah hideouts, annexing of lands, take the war to Damascus and let Assaad hide in a bomb shelter like most of the Israeli population. Clear out southern Lebanon, forcibly remove the paleostinians from Gaza and the West bank and move them to southern Lebanon. Let the Arabs finally take care of their beloved brethren.Apollyon….I feel badly for the Jewish people…..I care about them and for thrm. They deserve far better. This is one American that does support them. That will never change, Sir….ever.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:29 pmLC HJ Caveman, I know and I appreciate it. I remember where “HJ” came from in your moniker
Many Rotties feel as you do and Misha has been a great supporter of Israel on his blog.
August 11th, 2006 at 8:39 pmI remember too…….
August 11th, 2006 at 8:44 pmI’m utterly speechless.
I am unable to express my outrage over this selling out - and since Condi is my current “boss” I am at a loss for words over how all this got through the UN - and wonder what Bolton thinks of all this - something is seriously wrong here!
August 11th, 2006 at 8:59 pm[…] UPDATE: The cave-in was sooner than expected. Posted by Ian S. in […]
August 11th, 2006 at 9:33 pmYeah, something is definately amiss in this whole situation…whatcha wanna bet Israel’s got something up their sleeves? (here’s hoping)
August 11th, 2006 at 9:41 pmFolks,
Calm down. Take the long view for a moment. Israel is under no illusion that this will bring peace. There can be no peace with an enemy that does not want peace. Israel is also under no illusions that it could ever ‘eradicate’ hezbo. All you can do is pummel him until he falls. Eventually he will get back up.
Let’s assume hezbo ‘accepts’ and major military confrontation starts slacking off early next week. It is unlikely that Hezbo actually will disarm significantly, so you can be sure that in 6, 12, 24 months there will be another provocation from southern Lebanon (hezbo just can’t keep its hand out of the cookie jar).
Israel’s hand will be stronger. If the arms embargo has any impact at all, then hezbo will be weaker. Lot’s of the pro-hezbo people will try to claim victory from this, but there are plenty of Lebanese who will be looking at this episode quite soberly as they bury their dead and try to rebuild. Even if hezbo gains political strength - and even control of the Lebanese government, the next conflict will simply be between sovereign states. I’m all for ‘evolution’ in this sense. Anything that brings clarity is good.
I think there is zero risk of Israeli troops losing the will to fight to protect their lives and families from gruesome destruction. Over there, it is not an abstract proposition.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:47 pmcharles,
The problem with your reasoning is historical evidence.
Sure, Israel’s hand will be stronger. No question about that.
BUT, so will Hezbollah’s. It is a suicidal leader that allows his enemy to regain strength at its weakest moment.
When your enemy is ‘on the ropes’, you hit harder, and faster, and more violently than you did before. Yes, you’re weak and tired as well, but…you’re not on the ropes. Your enemy is. That means you’re not as tired, or as weak as your enemy is. USE THAT!.
And, yes, Hezbollah CAN be eradicated. Just no one is willing to take the steps neccessary to make it come about.
August 11th, 2006 at 9:53 pmcharles68 sez:
I agree with you on that point, among the groundpounders there is no lack of will to defend their homes. But, after watching the ineffective back and forth forays across the border, the dependance on air power for so long, and the reluctance to carry this fight into the cities and towns where the terrorists were sheltering…I think that the fighting generals of the IDF have been replaced with timid, poll watching, desk jockeys….afraid of casualties, afraid of world opinion, and so afraid of losing that they take zero chances.
To use a Civil War analogy, I believe the IDF traded all of their Stonewall Jacksons for a bunch of George McClellans…
I would love nothing more than to have them prove me wrong…really wrong, and do it by Sunday.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:13 pmWhat in hell right do tyhese fuckwads have to decide whether Israel kills Hizbollocks or not?
August 11th, 2006 at 10:48 pmActually, I think - regardless of whatever blunders the IDF may have made - that this is more a failure of Israel’s civilian leadership, rather than the military side. Olmert spent the first two weeks of the war trying to bomb around the edges of Lebanese territory and win the war with air power alone, rather than simply hitting Hezbollah with everything he had. Do you seriously think Benjamin Netanyahu - or even Ariel Sharon, for that matter - would have kept any sort of leash on the IDF in this situation? Of course not. And the Israeli people are well aware of that.
Bottom line: Bush and Condi bought Israel thirty days of freedom to do what they had to do, and Olmert squandered it. Thirty days of unrestricted military operations should have been enough to for the IDF to drive the Hezbos all the way back to Damascus. If what I’m hearing about the deal is right, the Israelis aren’t required to immediately leave Lebanon, either, and they have some leeway to not only occupy strategic parts of the country, but also to keep clearing the Hezbos out of the areas that they control. Hopefully Israel can make something of that, once they get their act together.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:53 pmHas the west lost its mind as well as its spine ?
seriously WTF ?
If we don’t get serious about this fight , and really really soon , we going to get our infidel arses ERASED.
The islamics are laughing at us while lining up western civilisation in their crosshairs.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:53 pmOh yeah, and as far as being “afraid of casualties, afraid of world opinion, and so afraid of losing that they take zero chances” goes…that’s a lesson some of our military and political leaders ought to be learning from.
August 11th, 2006 at 10:57 pmIt did not take long for John Bolton, Condi Rice and the Fwench to surrender, drop their pants around their ankles and take it from Hizbollah, the Leftzbollahists here at home and the UN. I am disgusted this whole thing has gone down this way. If Bush & Co. plus Olmert had any they would let the IDF finish the job. Obviously they don’t.
God help us all. The Israelis just surrendered right before the start of the next great war.
The Hobo
August 11th, 2006 at 10:59 pmThis whole “cease fire” crap ticks me off. What we SHOULD have done was send as much money, ammo, and support as we could afford to Israel, and let her wipe the hezbos off the map.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:01 pmNot true.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the officer corps. They had a plan for a swift, decisive campaign (drop amphibious and airborne forces in the back, roll in from the front, Hezbollamburger in the middle) and have spent the last weeks begging appeasenik and craven coward Ehud for the go-ahead.
But Ehud and Peretz kept telling them to hold back, to wait for it while the “peace process” worked, and now we have a huge win for Hassan Nasrallah.
As is too often the case, defeat was snatched from the jaws of certain victory by a bunch of empty suits in government.
August 11th, 2006 at 11:04 pmI happen to agree. If Olmert actually listen to the generals and Let them do thier Damn Job. We would not have this situtation. Politicans interfering in military ops tends to lead to failure- Look at veitnam. We had the Civilian ledarship tieing the heands of the military and I think it caused more casualities that would have if the Military were let loose!
August 11th, 2006 at 11:32 pmThe Emperor sez:,
Crap, I spout off without thinking sometimes, especially when something this monumental happens. That’s when my Irish temper and proofreading skills fail me….it’s happened twice now.
You and LC Wes are correct when you point to the flawed policy of letting civilian leadership pick the targets….it failed in Vietnam, we’ve seen failures in Iraq (Fallujah), and we see the failure here. I don’t fault the field grade officers or officers of the line, they are the equal of any in the world. I fault the senior leadership, be it civilian or top brass military…..
Israel had the green light for 30 days (as you have posted), and what did we hear from the msm for 30 days? lebanese dead…lebanese refugees….benevolent hezbollah…and, oh yeah, did you know some missiles fell in some fields in Israel today?….
That kind of bigoted, deliberate, terrorist supporting propaganda won this for the terrorists. The politicians and desk officers were so cowed by the world’s reaction to the lies and distortions that they got gun shy, started pulling their punches.
Misha, you served in the military..I only worked for them. I watched the IDF move those troops across the border a couple of nights ago, and watched them pull them back a day later to “let diplomacy work”, what was that all about? what does that tell the enemy about your committment to the mission? it tells them that you don’t have the stomach to get your nose really bloody…that you are reluctant to stand and take the punch, that maybe…just maybe… you’re not going to haul off and clock them after all. Shades of Fallujah, shades of Mogadishu sir.
I’ve had this line from Abraham Lincoln rattling around in my pissed off brain all day:
Take that quote Israel, take it and give ‘em hell…
August 11th, 2006 at 11:46 pmThe only thing that can be released would be the be-headed, dis-emboweled, mutilated remains of the two troops…
That is, if the goat raping shit stains that killed them can remember what ditch they dumped the body parts in…
August 12th, 2006 at 2:48 amIf the Israeli parliment doesnt give omert a no confidence vote by tuesday ill be woried.
I’m not Jewish but draft Bibi!
August 12th, 2006 at 4:47 am#2 LC Will, I wish you were right, but this is wishful thinking.
#17 Charles68, You are right in the long term. I just hate to see Israel buying death on the installment plan. Hezbollah is a symptom not a root cause. The real crunch will come when the ragheads in Tehran get nukes. Will the US force Israel to be the heavy and squash Iran? That means nuke the cockroaches. Will the US do it? Certainly not in the current political climate - we’re paralyzed.
#21 LC Wes, I agree. Israel has just suffered the equivalent of Jimmy Carter as President and will pay a steep price for it, both in blood and in credibility. The IDF is very competently manned and lead. It makes me ill to see an opportunity to kick the shit out of Hezbollah lost. It’s 1938 again.
August 12th, 2006 at 1:58 pmIsrael sent a major armored force into Leb last night. It’s gonna take months to generate a 15k strong force to take over. I don’t think Israel is about to leave a power vacuum for Hezbollah to fill. In fact, I think they’s gonna be a bunch of new parking lots south of the ole Litani before new management takes over. Ya dig?
August 12th, 2006 at 3:05 pm1oldleg,
You are sooo right.
I fervently hope.
August 13th, 2006 at 11:12 amIsrael’s conservative opposition mobilizing to t…..
Although it would seem as if Olmert had decided to give the [belated] go-ahead to the IDF to raid Lebanon and go as far as the Litani river, his acceptance of the “cease-fire” draft in the UN security council is still more or less an act of surrender…
August 13th, 2006 at 1:05 pmGoing only to the Litani is pissing in the wind. Consider this excerpt from Irish Penants:
Hence the Israeli dilemma: Hezbollah cannot be destroyed unless its facilities, camps and logistics dumps in the Beka’a are destroyed. To create a buffer zone in south Lebanon is only to cause Hezbollah to seek longer-range rockets or missiles in the future. But, a ground assault to destroy that logistics infrastructure requires that the risk of Syrian interference be mitigated somehow. There are many ways to do so. The most obvious is to pre-emptively attack Syria.
http://www.irishpennants.com/archives/2006/07/will_israel_dro.php
I post more at Winds of Change comment #30
http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/008926.php#comments
Ultimately, the buck stops with Iran.
August 13th, 2006 at 6:09 pm