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Source: http://www.nysun.com/article/37450
Fool's Game
[New York Sun] Kenneth Bialkin - Hizballah leaders proclaim that they are winning great victories against Israel much as they claimed that Israel's unilateral withdrawals from Lebanon and from Gaza were great victories for Islam. And the poor, benighted Arab masses believe them and celebrate in the streets. They do not realize that continuing to seek Israel's destruction is a fool's game; when threatened with annihilation, Israel is obliged to defend its borders and to prevent its enemies from ever again launching the kinds of attacks Hizballah and Hamas started. A simple cease-fire that would permit Hizballah to rearm and commence future assaults against Israel will send the message that Hizballah has achieved a victory and that terrorism succeeds. It is a message America's enemies would welcome and may be expected to act upon. Any cease-fire must involve the termination of terror and guarantees that Hizballah will be disarmed and will never again be in a position to commence at will assaults against Israel or its civilian population.