By restraining Israel, the U.S. is losing the momentum in its war against terrorism. This week's double suicide attack in Israel came about because of the U.S. policy of restraint against Hizbollah. Iran and Syria feel that they have a free hand in striking Israel at this time, knowing in advance that Washington will restrain Jerusalem from responding to these attacks. The Government of Free Lebanon reminds the United States and Israel that it is ready to support actions to suppress the terrorism of Hezbollah that is threatening the peace in the Middle East.
President Bush should understand that he cannot appease all players, try to keep everyone happy, with his political approach. Trying to do so, he will lose the entire impetus for the war against terrorism. The Baath Party in Syria ? in collusion with Iran ? succeeded in diverting the center stage of the U.S. war against terrorism away from them by offering oil contracts, with the help of some U.S. congressmen, in order to appease oil interests and, at the same time, supporting the Iraqi Baath resistance. This support maximizes casualties among US troops. Syria also militarily provokes the southern Lebanese front against Israel through Hezbollah, in an attempt to destabilize any U.S.-backed peace process.
Hezbollah has 10,000 missiles deployed in Southern Lebanon, not only to be used against Israel, but against every peace initiative that Washington will undertake in the Middle East. Why has this terrorist organization, as well as Syria and Iran, been ignored by the Bush Administration?
A terrorist-supporting nation the likes of Syria should be banned from its seat in the United Nations and sanctioned for supporting the terrorist networks of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan should help win this war against terrorism and not ignore the matter. If he feels he is not the right man for the job, he should be resign.
The security of the world is at stake, and the inaction of the U.N. is emboldening the fundamentalists in the Middle East and neutralizing the U.S. political role in the war against terrorism. The point of no return has been crossed by Hezbollah actions. Israel, the U.S. and the West cannot live at the mercy of this band of criminals. They should stand up, face reality and take appropriate action to ensure that such attacks will never happen again.
Hezbollah is the instrument of fear and instability in the region. This organization cannot exist without the support of Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Their agenda is to remove any U.S. influence from the Middle East by force and to press ahead with the Islamic revolution that was initiated with the Beirut bombing of 1983, which cost the lives of 243 U.S. Marines.
The late Hafez Assad bluffed President Clinton in Geneva with visions of peace with Israel and seized the momentum of terror by controlling southern Lebanon and blackmailing Israel through the threat of Hezbollah. Ehud Barak submitted to Clinton's pressure and the whole area came under the flame of a ferocious fundamentalism that led to 9/11. Their philosophy is that nothing will stand in the way of a victorious, fundamentalist Islam: from Beirut in 1983, to the deadly intifada in Israel, to 9/11 in the United States. Neither Israel nor the United States will resist the pressure of militant Islam.
The ineffective Israeli air strikes will not bring peace, as shown by the useless air strikes of former Israeli Prime Minister Barak when he responded to Hezbollah terror by bombing an electrical reactor in Lebanon. Indeed, this useless response only emboldened Hizbollah. We urge Prime Minister Sharon to rectify the historical mistake of Ehud Barak?s 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon, as UN resolution 425 didn't bring peace or stability to Israel and the Middle East. Furthermore, the terrorist-supported governments in Lebanon and Syria need regime change before any stability can get a foothold and progress be made in the Middle East.
Similarly, the pressure by the U.S. to implement the Roadmap was interpreted in Damascus and Teheran as a weakness in Israel's ability to respond to attack. Iran and Syria are gaining ground in Iraq by increasing the attacks against the U.S. forces and preventing stabilization, and they are gaining on Israel by manipulating Hezbollah in order to hold hostage any peace process with Israel.
When will this stop?
The Government of Lebanon in Exile speaks out from Jerusalem and stands by Prime Minister Sharon in the fight against terrorism, and reminds him that it is ready to support any action his government takes to curb and eradicate terrorism in Lebanon and to bring stability to a volatile region.
President Bush should understand that he cannot appease all players, try to keep everyone happy, with his political approach. Trying to do so, he will lose the entire impetus for the war against terrorism. The Baath Party in Syria ? in collusion with Iran ? succeeded in diverting the center stage of the U.S. war against terrorism away from them by offering oil contracts, with the help of some U.S. congressmen, in order to appease oil interests and, at the same time, supporting the Iraqi Baath resistance. This support maximizes casualties among US troops. Syria also militarily provokes the southern Lebanese front against Israel through Hezbollah, in an attempt to destabilize any U.S.-backed peace process.
Hezbollah has 10,000 missiles deployed in Southern Lebanon, not only to be used against Israel, but against every peace initiative that Washington will undertake in the Middle East. Why has this terrorist organization, as well as Syria and Iran, been ignored by the Bush Administration?
A terrorist-supporting nation the likes of Syria should be banned from its seat in the United Nations and sanctioned for supporting the terrorist networks of Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Anan should help win this war against terrorism and not ignore the matter. If he feels he is not the right man for the job, he should be resign.
The security of the world is at stake, and the inaction of the U.N. is emboldening the fundamentalists in the Middle East and neutralizing the U.S. political role in the war against terrorism. The point of no return has been crossed by Hezbollah actions. Israel, the U.S. and the West cannot live at the mercy of this band of criminals. They should stand up, face reality and take appropriate action to ensure that such attacks will never happen again.
Hezbollah is the instrument of fear and instability in the region. This organization cannot exist without the support of Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Their agenda is to remove any U.S. influence from the Middle East by force and to press ahead with the Islamic revolution that was initiated with the Beirut bombing of 1983, which cost the lives of 243 U.S. Marines.
The late Hafez Assad bluffed President Clinton in Geneva with visions of peace with Israel and seized the momentum of terror by controlling southern Lebanon and blackmailing Israel through the threat of Hezbollah. Ehud Barak submitted to Clinton's pressure and the whole area came under the flame of a ferocious fundamentalism that led to 9/11. Their philosophy is that nothing will stand in the way of a victorious, fundamentalist Islam: from Beirut in 1983, to the deadly intifada in Israel, to 9/11 in the United States. Neither Israel nor the United States will resist the pressure of militant Islam.
The ineffective Israeli air strikes will not bring peace, as shown by the useless air strikes of former Israeli Prime Minister Barak when he responded to Hezbollah terror by bombing an electrical reactor in Lebanon. Indeed, this useless response only emboldened Hizbollah. We urge Prime Minister Sharon to rectify the historical mistake of Ehud Barak?s 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon, as UN resolution 425 didn't bring peace or stability to Israel and the Middle East. Furthermore, the terrorist-supported governments in Lebanon and Syria need regime change before any stability can get a foothold and progress be made in the Middle East.
Similarly, the pressure by the U.S. to implement the Roadmap was interpreted in Damascus and Teheran as a weakness in Israel's ability to respond to attack. Iran and Syria are gaining ground in Iraq by increasing the attacks against the U.S. forces and preventing stabilization, and they are gaining on Israel by manipulating Hezbollah in order to hold hostage any peace process with Israel.
When will this stop?
The Government of Lebanon in Exile speaks out from Jerusalem and stands by Prime Minister Sharon in the fight against terrorism, and reminds him that it is ready to support any action his government takes to curb and eradicate terrorism in Lebanon and to bring stability to a volatile region.