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Something tremendously significant is developing in the way the world is responding to the current armed actions in the Mid-East. From Fox News:
Fox has it right - it's a war of Israel against Hezbollah, not Lebanon. It would be one thing if only Fox News was saying it. But for Arab nations to be taking the same point of view is of tremendous significance for the region:
Arab Nations React Mildly to Lebanon Attack by Israel
CAIRO, Egypt - Moderate Arab governments reacted with relative restraint to Israel's offensive in Lebanon, condemning attacks on civilians and infrastructure, but also implicitly criticizing Hezballah.
The relative silence appeared to reflect a sentiment in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia that the Shiite Lebanese guerrilla group had dragged Lebanon into a needless fight by snatching two Israeli soldiers - a fight that would only benefit the hard-line regimes in Syria and Iran.
The mild response from these Arab nations confirms that Israel can attack the terrorists without provoking a war with these nations.
As I noted recently, Israel is far more admired when it moves with courage to put an end to those who wish to destroy it, than when it does the bidding of the dictator-driven U.N. In that post I concluded, "...a powerful nation like Israel, or like the U.S., can only be terrorized when it doesn't fight back." Israel is showing the world that it isn't terrorized, and that those who seek to kill Israelis with impunity can no longer count on Israel to hold back.
And astonishingly, the Arab nations are showing the terrorists, that the terrorists can no longer count on those nations to go to war in their behalf.
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