Short Memory = Long Consequences

I guess having long-term memory makes some more understanding of the war in Lebanon. Benjamin Netanyahu, former Prime Minister of Israel has one. He writes of it in today’s Wall Street Journal. The words are mine but they paraphrase what Bebe said.

I well remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of the Kennedy Administration. We came close to war. Russia had placed missiles in Cuba. We said we didn’t want missiles 90 miles off the coast of Florida. We came close to Nuclear war over this. Then the other side blinked.

I have no doubt that if Russia had launched just one missile from Cuba toward the USA at that time it would be a radioactive cinder pile to this day. So would Moscow. Maybe New York. But we were not going to stand for this no matter what.

And, they only HAD missiles. They didn’t launch any.

So, the criticism from Kofi Annan of impotent UN fame regarding any disproportionate response by Israel is way out of line. You want disproportionate response? Turn the clock back to 1961 May and think again.

If I lived in Israel I want the military to crush Hezbollah, destroy the missiles and invade Syria if need be to accomplish the task. This is unacceptable that an enemy terrorist group would be allowed to lob missiles into you country at will. If they don’t do this a year from now Hezbollah will start again. They must all be destroyed utterly and all munitions captures and destroyed even if they are in Syria.

It is interesting that at the same time that people are fleeing Lebanon (as they should), 2000 Jews per day from all over the world are streaming into Israel to take up arms or be of assistance in any way for the homeland.

I hope our government will send lots of money and munitions to the state of Israel and crush these evil people once and for all.

Now about Iran.