Stuck in Lebanon (1984)
This is NOT one of those cartoons that I'd do today. We're in Lebanon because a war was forced on us. We're there because we need to be there!And yet there's the knowledge that this disturbing message from the past cannot be ignored.
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We probably needed to be in Lebanon then as well. But in either case, today we're that much older and more experienced with regards to our neighbors for whom there is really no land issue with Israel - but rather an existence issue.
Thanks for the history lessons. They lend a valuable perspective in which to process today's information more accurately.
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Sorry to tell you that but i firmly believe you are wrong. What was the point for Israel to attack Libanon ? Israel has destroied lebanese infrastructure and has had libanese government fully powerless. In fact, Israel even endangered itself since from now on, you can be sure that Lebanon is perfectly unable to stop Hezbollah's attacks !
People say it (the 1982-2000 stay in Lebanon) was our Vietnam. Like Vietnam, it's shaped the whole mode of activism where, in the case of a true existential threat, we're prevented from defending ourselves because of the fear of a repeat of the quagmire.
We need to overcome that fear. Both Israel in particular and the non-Muslim world in general. And we need to remind ourselves that short wars have always been the exception, not the norm.
To the anonymous poster above:
It is not pleasant to live with a terrorist threat on your borders. Supposing you live in Germany (you spelled "Libanon"--could be Scandinavia too). If you live in Southern Bavaria, how would your reaction be to the abduction of soldiers and rocket fire from a terrorist organization operating from Austria?
As for Lebanon itself, it's been in a political predicament since the 1950's. Power in Lebanon rests upon a delicate balance between the factions (Maronite Christians, Druzes, Sunni Muslims and Shi'ite Muslims), making political decisions difficult even in peacetime, let alone in the face of war. And Lebanon was only recently released from de facto Syrian rule, and not yet from de facto Iranian rule via its proxy, Hizbullah.
Lebanon is a troubled political entity. It isn't ours (Israelis) to fix the problems there; but if we're attacked by a terrorist organization situated there, we know very well negotiations couldn't achieve anything, because we know Lebanon is politically incapable of reining Hizbullah.
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