by havanagilla » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:40 am
yeah, but its better than a year of war...i guess.<br><br>Well, you know, in the street language here, the Lebanon war of 1982 is called "the deception war" (referring to how Sharon deceived the politicians etc, and the rest is history), someone responded to the name quest here, with "the deception war 2". Let's hope its not the same 'trick' we are watching now unfolding.<br>The other war took 18 years to end.<br>00<br>To those too young to remember, the war in Lebanon started with the pretext of the siraeli ambassador to London being shot by terrorists. Sharon said he is going for a small scale, breif "operatoin" to drive the palestinian warriors further up north from the border. however, by that time he already made an entire deal with his falangist friends in lebanon, to topple the government and place Bashir jemaiyl instead. he then invaded all the way to Beirut etc. As a result of this deception, Menachem Begin, who felt trapped and betrayed, sank into clinical depression and some sort of catatonic condition and had never recovered from it. He did say that he could not stand the guilt he felt for the unnecessary deaths of soldiers (i guess he meant israelis, but not sure...he might have felt bad about civilians being massacred as well). This even, politically, marked the end of the formal semi democracy here. This has also been the beginning of civil powerlessness here, because the huge demonstration and repeated protests made no difference. Many israeli soldiers contracted PTSD injuries as a result and Israel had to remain in Lebanon for 18 years of endless bleeding on both sides, the corruption of the southern lebanon area, and eventually the betrayal of the SLA soldiers who were left to their own, when Barak withdrew the forces in 2000. Along the way we had Sabra and Shatila, the seige of Beyrut, and eventually the "concept" failed as well, since the puppet gov didn't make it too long. <br>The only striking similarity I see (and which worries me) is the fact that both Begin and Ulmart are civilians who can be cheated. this time around, the minister of defense , peretz is also a civilian...so, the IDF is having a ball, and the present Chief of Staff is a piece of work, well not like Sharon, but no less murderous and conniving. (Dan Halutz). So, there are disturbing similarities. This is why the talks about a range of a week, are somewhat reassuring, if they are sincere.<br><br><br><br> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=havanagilla>havanagilla</A> at: 7/23/06 7:00 am<br></i>