Entry: Israel accepts ceasefire resolution? Friday, August 11, 2006



That's what sources tell Rich Lowry.

If they do, they're stupid.  This resolution does not call for either the dismantling of Hezbollah, nor will it make the return of the kidnapped soldiers mandatory. 

All it calls for is a UN force - 15,000 - to regain control of the region until Lebanese forces are strong enough to do so.

If Lowry is correct, this is soooo stupid it doesn't make sense.  It will allow more time for Hezbollah to regroup and restart their terrorist activities.  Lebanon won't do a thing to stop Hezbollah; in fact they'll help make them stronger.  And when Israel is attacked again, it's going to make it that much harder to retaliate.

In effect, if Olmert agrees to this, all he's done is placed Israel in a worse situation than before.

Not to mention, the intrapolitical repercussions, as predicted by John Podhoretz:

Rich, I have no doubt that if Olmert pulls back the ground offensive by claiming that Israel has won a victory at the United Nations — a victory that will be no victory at all — his government will fall in less than a week. He's already decided to pick a ludicrous fight with his popular foreign minister Tzipi Livni, ordering her to stay out of New York — because he clearly fears she will outshine him. The next 24 hours will show whether Ehud Olmert will be the shortest-lived prime minister in Israel's history.

And if he agrees to this garbage, he deserves it.  Rice, Bolton, and Bush ought to be ashamed of themselves for going along with this.

I'll have more later tonight.

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