July 13, 2006
This Is a Test: For the Next Sixty Seconds...
Nobody seems to discuss this much as a motivation for Hamas and Hezbollah (both puppets of Iran) to attack Israel, but I'm sure it was in part because of Ariel Sharon's presumed brain death.
Ehud Olmert, while formerly a member of Likud (before Sharon formed Kadima), has never been considered a forceful or military leader, unlike Gen. Sharon. Olmert was in the IDF, of course, since it's required of everyone; but reading between the lines, I don't believe he ever served in combat. For most of his hitch, he was a military journalist -- say, just like Al Gore!
At the same time, the new defense minister is Amir Peretz, the head of the Labor Party. He is the former head of a trade union (Histadrut) and was known for hurling strikers into the streets to paralyze Israel... sort of an Israeli edition of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Although he has a more "real" military background than Olmert -- he was wounded in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 -- he did not show much interest in what was good for Israel (instead of what was good for Histadrut) until very recently.
One of the motivations for the terrorist groups to attack now is surely that the prime minister and the defense minister are both untried and untested.
There was reason for the Palestinians to think that each might be "soft": Olmert acted soft, in a way that Sharon never did (even when pushing disengagement); and Peretz is a left-leaning socialist who saw disengagement as a way to free up lots of money -- to spend on more welfare.
Iran is testing the new leadership... at the expense of the Palestinians of Hamas and Hezbollah. The Iranians (and their Syrian lapdogs) would not have ordered these raids if Sharon were still hale and whole and firmly in charge.
I wonder how long it will take for the Palestinians in Gaza and in Lebanon to figure this out?
Hatched by Dafydd on this day, July 13, 2006, at the time of 5:50 PM
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The following hissed in response by: Terrye
The Iranians are threatening to attack israel if they go after Syria. But then again, what is new, the Iranians are always threatenint to attack Israel.
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at July 13, 2006 6:21 PM
The following hissed in response by: Mr. Davis
I wonder what they have planned for January 2009.
The above hissed in response by: Mr. Davis at July 13, 2006 6:39 PM
The following hissed in response by: MTF
One of the motivations for the terrorist groups to attack now is surely that the prime minister and the defense minister are both untried and untested.
I can't put my hands on it right at the moment, but i believe I read a Hexbollah quote from the day before yesterday saying this exactly.
But, in the end, I think this is more a matter of convenience for Hezbollah and Hamas rather than a motivation for action at this particular moment in time-- I give more credence to the theory Iran has ordered these destabilizing actions in an effort to distract attention from their nuclear progress. After all, they previously threatened war if they were referred to the Security Counsel. Apparantly they weren't kidding.
The above hissed in response by: MTF at July 14, 2006 7:49 AM
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