I don’t disagree with either you or Will. The prospect of an Israeli war against Syria and/or Iran is, and should be, distressing to everyone because it will undoutably impact the entire world.

But, I can’t help drawing the analogies to pre-WW2 Europe. Fighting Germany in the mid-1930s over Alsace-Lorraine, or in 1938 over the Sudetendland would have been bloody. But, given the history we know, I can hardly think how it could possibly have been worse.

If we’re going to have to fight these guys eventually, I’d rather to it sooner than later.

But even as great of an idea as Krauthammer’s, it still suffers from a major flaw. The Syrians and Iranians will simply recruit and build a new proxy army in Lebanon to conduct their war against Israel. Only when the Israelis make the Syrians and especially the Iranians pay a major price in blood for their proxy wars is when Israel will finally enjoy peace.

Personally if I were Israel I would tell the rest of the world to shut up or put up. No one has tried to do anything enforce Resolution 1559 despite knowing the fact that Lebanon is not capable of doing so itself. The Israeli’s have finally had enough and are trying to fix the problem. I think the world should back them and go a step farther and sanction (heavily) any government that provides any support for Hezbollah.

Unfortunately while this is a great idea, I cannot see it actually happening. Instead Lebanon I fear will become the hot bed for terrorist it once was out of this.