Israel Again Shows Us The Way to Handle Terrorists

Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers
7 Troops Killed as Israeli Forces Enter Lebanon to Conduct Search

By Anthony Shadid, Scott Wilson and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, July 12, 2006; 9:22 AM

SIDON, Lebanon, July 12 -- The militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers along the Israel-Lebanon border Wednesday morning, and Israeli officials said seven more soldiers were killed after tanks and troops moved into Lebanon in response to the attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the abduction of the soldiers an "act of war" and said Hezbollah would pay a "heavy price," the Associated Press reported. The kidnappings follow the June 25 capture by Palestinian gunmen of an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip.

Israel will hold the government of Lebanon "fully responsible" for Hezbollah's actions, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said in a statement. He said the government "must act immediately and seriously to locate" the soldiers, "to prevent any harm done to them and to return them to Israel."

The Israeli forces entered Lebanon soon after the 9 a.m. abduction. At least three soldiers were killed in a blast involving one of the tanks, Israeli officials said. Preliminary reports said four other soldiers also had been killed.

In southern Lebanon, fighter jets bombed five bridges in quick succession, effectively cutting off that region from the rest of the country, civil defense officials said. At least two Lebanese civilians were killed in one of the bridge strikes, and a power plant was badly damaged.

With any luck Syria will stick their noses into this and we can knock them out while the Israelis take care of Lebanon. We will finally then have the proof of WMD's which were transported out of Iraq by the Russians just prior to our invasion.

Seems like Israel is the only nation with its spine completely in tact. Would that more Americans understood what it takes to defend and maintain our freedom in a hostile world.

The enemies of freedom understand one thing and one thing only, power. It has been demonstrated time and again that despotic governments see negotiation as weakness. It was so during Chamberlain's day, it was true during the Cold War, and it is true today. Anyone who believes it to be otherwise is living in a fantasy world.

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