Olmert's Bad Decision

Israel Accepts U.N. Deal
Both Sides Warn of More Fighting

By Molly Moore and Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, August 14, 2006; 5:40 AM

JERUSALEM, Aug. 14 -- The Israeli military halted its combat operations against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah rockets stopped raining on Israel early Monday morning as a tenuous U.N.-imposed cease-fire took effect after more than a month of fighting that devastated parts of Lebanon and sent hundreds of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters.

"The IDF has stopped its offensive operations in Lebanon," the Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement. "The IDF will respect the cease-fire, but will continue to defend its forces and the citizens of Israel."

Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese began streaming back toward their ruined villages and towns in the south despite Israeli military warnings that it is still banning vehicles from using roads in southern Lebanon.

Israeli military officials also said aerial and naval blockades in Lebanon "will remain in effect until a system is established to monitor and prevent the smuggling of weapons into Lebanon."

This "ceasefire" is a bad deal for Israel. It turns the sacrifices of the IDF soldiers into a meaningless gesture. Without securing Southern Lebanon, and eliminating the presence of Hizbollah, Israel's entire campaign was meaningless. On the international front, they come out the big losers in this battle. They will have achieved very little in the way of increased security (UN troops are gonna protect them...Riiight). They have lost the propaganda war with Hizbollah. The Iranians will have escaped sans consequences for their support and inspiration of this entire event.

Even our own "beloved" Left-wing moonbats have decided that the Iranians and Hizbollah are the good-guys and the Israelis (and Americans) are the bad guys in this.

The Israeli people will pay for this misjudgment in the long run, as will Americans.

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