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Mosby

(17,452 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 12:23 PM Sep 22

Israel's Ultimatum to Hezbollah: Back Off or Go to War

With escalating attacks on Hezbollah’s rank and file, commanders and infrastructure, Israel is pressing its military and intelligence advantage to give the Lebanese group an implied ultimatum: make a deal to pull back from Israel’s northern border, or go to war.

Israel is rotating its attention to its border with Lebanon as the Gaza Strip battlefield becomes static, launching an aggressive series of attacks that have devastated Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. This past week’s pager and walkie-talkie attacks revealed that Israel has deeply compromised Hezbollah’s communication systems, while an airstrike on Beirut that killed much of the leadership of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force showed how Israel’s intelligence capabilities continue to expose the group’s top operatives.

The U.S. has been pushing for a diplomatic solution that would have Hezbollah agree to voluntarily move its force several miles off the Israeli border and back toward a line agreed to after their 2006 war. That agreement is enforced by United Nations peacekeepers, who have been unable to keep Hezbollah out.

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Israel's Ultimatum to Hezbollah: Back Off or Go to War (Original Post) Mosby Sep 22 OP
Hezbollah HAS no purpose or function stopdiggin Sep 22 #1
i can't think of a single person in the US that i know personally that has grown more Tetrachloride Sep 22 #2
We, the collective USA,needs to stay out of this. Srkdqltr Sep 22 #3

stopdiggin

(12,817 posts)
1. Hezbollah HAS no purpose or function
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 12:52 PM
Sep 22

beyond attacking Israel. Peace keeping forces (and peace 'plans' ) need to incorporate this basic reality and fundamental truth.

One side of this conflict - - is 'designed' for that - and only that.

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Tetrachloride

(8,447 posts)
2. i can't think of a single person in the US that i know personally that has grown more
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 12:56 PM
Sep 22

tolerant of the general public in an overall way.

I believe that the ME is several notches more intolerant in all sectors. My crystal ball is cracked and needs replacing. very hard or impossible to predict the future.

given the estimated level of intolerance, i believe ultimatums are going to lead to unintended consequences

Srkdqltr

(7,656 posts)
3. We, the collective USA,needs to stay out of this.
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 01:00 PM
Sep 22

The one who steps in usually gets the worst of it one way or the other. No one will be happy and they all will blame USA.

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