Word: hizballah
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When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak decided to do the right thing and withdraw troops from southern Lebanon to within Israel's recognized borders, he warned that the Lebanese militia Hizballah would intensify its attacks and make it look as if it had won a war, but this possibility did not deter Barak from carrying out his plan. Nevertheless, almost all the news media interpreted the withdrawal as a defeat for Israel and did not give a balanced view. With Israel located in a region that is the focal point of the three major religions, I guess Barak is damned...
...land that was a playpen for his father's power politics. With Israel gone from Lebanon, many Lebanese, particularly Christians, are eager to see Syria go too. Damascus has 30,000 soldiers in the nation, and it controls much of the political discourse. It can try to steer Hizballah, the anti-Israeli guerrilla force, but it cannot control it. Israel has vowed to hold Damascus accountable for any Hizballah attacks on northern Israel. Bashar will have to keep the guerrillas in check...
Still, you came to the decision to get out because you were hurting in south Lebanon. So, ultimately, Hizballah won and Israel lost...
...Look, Lebanon is a tragedy. We have more than a thousand families who buried their sons there. So it became clear that somewhere it lost its sense. [Hizballah] also suffered a lot of blows, but somehow it could not end but by a political step of leadership. To fight against terrorism is like fighting mosquitoes. You can chase them one by one, but it's not very cost effective. The more profound approach is to drain the swamp. So we are draining the swamp...
...some internal political issues. For the past three months, since they realized that I did really mean to pull out of Lebanon with or without an agreement with them, they began very actively to work on mobilizing extreme elements among the Palestinians in Lebanon and certain elements among the Hizballah to carry out attacks against Israel even after we leave. It's quite a surrealistic picture... They are playing quite a dangerous game there. I believe that the intelligence communities of the leading nations are watching it. So if violence will be initiated against Israel after our pullout...