WIKILEAK: IN 2006 WAR, THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT WAS ROOTING FOR THE IDF AND AGAINST HIZBALLAH

DAILY TIMES, (PAKISTAN):

Lebanese govt hoped Israel would disarm Hezbollah

So now we know. In 2006, as Israel was bombing the Lebanese highways, power supplies, airport and oil reservoirs, the Lebanese prime minister was hoping that Israel would finish “the job” quickly and successfully.

Now we know. As over a quarter of the population was displaced from their homes under a threat of missiles, tank fire and artillery, the then commander of the army and now president of Lebanon was letting the Israeli government know that the Lebanese army would stand-down. As 10,000 homes were destroyed and over 1,300 Lebanese citizens were killed, the Lebanese government’s main concern was that this very real and very brutal Israeli reinvasion might lead to a “reoccupation” of Lebanon by Syria.

The recent publication of a new spate of WikiLeaks cables in the Lebanese daily newspaper Al-Akhbaris is bound to electrify the already on-edge political standoff in Lebanon.

As Najib Mikati continues to try to form a government, the March 14 coalition continues to escalate their demands that Hezbollah disarms and the publication of the indictments in the special tribunal of Lebanon continue to loom on the horizon. These leaked diplomatic cables will either push the country over the edge or more likely add another layer to the cynicism, apathy and exhaustion that form like a scar tissue on the surface of the Lebanese public.

The day after the attacks on Lebanon began, Prime Minister Sinioura described the Israeli bombardment of the airport, highways and civilian areas as “disproportionate” and “unhelpful.” Reading the cables, it becomes clear that what Sinioura meant was that Israeli military actions were unhelpful to what was a common goal of the Israeli and Lebanese governments: the disarmament of Hezbollah, the neutralisation of its power in Lebanon, and the end of the armed resistance in Lebanon to continued Israeli occupation.

RTWT.

IN 2006, BUSH CAVED TO THE "INT'L COMMUNITY" AND BUSH GOT OLMERT TO CAVE.

BUSH SHOULD'VE PRODDED THE IDF ON AND NOT HEMMED THEM IN.

YUP: I BLAME BUSH.

BUSH WAS NO HAWK AND NO CONSERVATIVE. HE WAS JUST BETTER THAN GORE OR KERRY OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE GOP AT THE TIME.

SIGH.