Cease fire holds. Skeptics on a short fuse, though . . .

[bigtree]

JIM LEHRER: Take 10 seconds. I have to ask you one final question before we go.

DAVID MAKOVSKY (Former editor, Ha'aretz ): I would just say this. Look, Sharon was in power for much of this, while, you know, he inherited this at the last moment, in many respects, while these 12,000 missiles were being amassed. He also knows, during the Lebanon war, how you go into Lebanon not how you go out.

And if it works, this is the first time in 31 years of these cease-fires that the Lebanese army has actually said that they would go to the south and secure the southern part of their country. If indeed they do it, it's a huge victory, not just for Israel, for Lebanon, for the entire world. And the biggest loser would be Hezbollah. The question is: Will it be implemented?

JIM LEHRER: And Israel could work with that Lebanese government...

DAVID MAKOVSKY: Absolutely. Absolutely.

JIM LEHRER: ... if it got power back in the south...

DAVID MAKOVSKY: Absolutely.


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec06/ceasefire_08-14.html

http://media.pbs.org/ramgen/newshour/expansion/2006/08/14/20060814_mideast28.rm?altplay=20060814_mideast28.rm

[scarletwoman]

1. These people are living in a fantasy world:

And the biggest loser would be Hezbollah.

:rofl:

Do they know who's in the Lebanese army? The brothers, cousins, and nephews of Hizbullah fighters.

One of these days, even the propagandists will have to get a clue. Reality can't be held off forever.

sw