Shlomo Shamir, Aluf Benn and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies: Revised draft calls for 'progressive' IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon
Talkback
Title:The Wide Consequences of Israels Weakness/Indecision
Name:Michigan
City: State: MI
1. What "Diplomatic Solution"? Is there one that will not leave Hezbollahs State-within-State intact? The Lebanese Army will prevent it?? Or a joint French/Malaysian/Indonesian one?

2. Thus stand-off becomes victory for Hezbollah.
And the sure consequences will be the radicalization of the "pro-West" Arab regimes: Egypt, Jordan, Saudi-Arabia, Kuwait...

3. The new Arab regimes will follow Venezuella, if not Iran. Lots of fun for US and even Europe.

4. The radicalization will eliminate Peace treaties between Egypt/Jordan and Israel.

5. The ensuing wars with Israel will cost Israel way more then now beating Hezbollah. And no friendly Bush in the White House is guaranteed after elections, especially when his whole ME policy collapses (way beyond current trouble in Iraq).

6. Likelihood of nuclear retaliation becomes much higher.

Is it too late for US/Israel/West/ProWestArabs to stem this tide? And is France again in its 1938 mode of stabbing its allies and itself in back?