Thursday August 5, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

Why did Lebanese soldiers open fire on Israeli forces? Why did the Lebanese snipers target Israeli officers 220 yards from the border operation that was trimming shrubs?

The evidence is clear. The truth is evident. Even UNIFIL and the US State Department say that the IDF was within Israel's border while trimming the shrubs with a cherry picker.

The UN has also confirmed that Israel informed them and they alerted the Lebanese Army that Israel would be trimming the shrubs. And Israel was trimming shrubs in order to prevent further cross border kidnappings.

One theory is that the Lebanese need to distract their citizens from the soon to be released UN report on the assassination of Lebanese President Rafik Hariri.

Another possibility is that Hezbollah infiltrated the Lebanese army and planned the assassination of the senior Israeli officers who would certainly be supervising the trimming operation. Hezbollah is thought to be heavily inside the Lebanese army - to the tune of 30%.

Whatever the reason, the only thing that surprises me is that UNIFIL actually told the truth and that UNIFIL finally backed up Israel and UNIFIL supported Israel's side of the story.

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