France has reportedly warned Israel to keep its hands of senior Hizballah officials invited to participate in a diplomatic conference in Paris. The warning came after French intelligence claimed it learned of a Mossad plot to nab as many of the Hizballah chiefs as possible.
This is precisely the kind of thing that signals to Islamic terror groups that their use of brutal violence will ultimately carry no political consequences, and will likely further their own agenda.
Just one year ago, Hizballah launched an unprovoked war of aggression from within Lebanese territory on a neighboring state. And that was after the UN had already outlawed Hizballah and demanded its removal as a fighting force.
Now, like the PLO before it, Hizballah is being granted diplomatic protection by Western powers.
You cannot outlaw a group and denounce its ways, then watch it attack a neighboring state, and then begin negotiating with it, all the while expecting that group to eventually moderate its views. The debacle of opening talks with Yasser Arafat and his PLO should be evidence of that, to say nothing of the appeasement that led to World War II.
What Hizballah learned this weekend is that its acquisition of military power and its successful use of violence against Israel have gained it international legitimacy. Peace will not be made in such ways.
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1 Nathan // Jul 15, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Yes I am so glad you brought this up!
Mossad should have went through with their plan to kidnap Hizbullah clowns in Paris, better yet they should have terminated them. France has now clearly demonstrated even beyond what Spain has done that they are the biggest appeasers on earth and will do anything to keep the mad muslims at bay, while in their own country an islamic revolution is underway. What is France going to do when their President is beheaded on national TV that has been taken over in a massive muslim coup? The French owe the United States for everything they have — we kept the USSR out of their yard for 50 years. And when Human Rights Make-up Watch says that Israel and Hizbullah should have arms embargos against them, who the hell ever said Hizbullah should get guns in the first place? What country has two completely seperate armies? Go to hell you French bastards.
2 Marsha Carol Watson // Jul 17, 2007 at 6:53 am
The ole’ timers have a saying: “The more you do for some people, the less they think of you—and soon they turn on those who have helped them, and the end is not good.”
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