PERES - THE DOVE AND APPEASER - HAS FINALLY FOUND CLARITY AND RESOLVE: "NO ALTERNATIVE TO VICTORY!"

JPOST:

Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres on Tuesday appealed to the Lebanese people to disarm Hizbullah and make peace with Israel. In a speech to Israel's parliament, Peres also said he was certain of victory. "In this war, there is no alternative to victory against terrorists," Peres told Israel's parliament. "Morally, Hizbullah has already been defeated. It will also be defeated militarily."

RTWT.

OLMERT SPOKE CLEARLY TOO: Israel is determined to continue its fight against Lebanese Hizbullah guerrillas and will take the "most severe measures" against those firing rockets on Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday before meeting with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"Israel is determined to continue on in the fight against Hizbullah. We will ... stop them. We will not hesitate to take severe measures against those who are aiming thousands of rockets and missiles against innocent civilians for the one purpose of killing them," Olmert said.

RICE CONCURS:

Reuters quoted a Lebanese political source as saying that Rice told Berri, "The situation on the border cannot return to what it was before July 12."

I expect the IDF's counter-attack to become even more intense. In pace an tonnage. I expect them to create a buffer-zone by demolishing ALL Hizb'Allah sites: depots, safe-houses and its means of transit and communication.