Opaque Lucidity

And The Hand-Wringing Continues

The professional diplomatic spares at the UN are up in arms over the deaths of 4 of their observers in Lebanon by Israeli artillery. Tel-Aviv has expressed regret for the incident and has promised an investigation. Meanwhile, Kofi Anan, the chief thug at the dictator saloon in Manhattan, is saying that the attack was "apparently deliberate targeting". How he has determined this is unknown. After all, he can't seem to account for billions of dollars squandered as part of Iraq's Oil For Food program; should we accept that he is a master analyst of battlefield manuevers?

Another thing that bothers me about the conflagration in Lebanon and Israel is the constant bleating on blogs and forums about "peace", as if a cessation of hostilities would make everything rosy once again. Let's be clear: a state of war has existed between Israel and Hezbollah for years. The events of the past two weeks is just an advancement of the situation. If the fighting stopped now, what would happen? Rockets would still be fired into Israel daily, as they have been for over a year. Palestine would still be run by Hamas, a terrorist organization. If fighting stopped now, it would only be a matter of time until the shooting war returned.

The zealous desire for peace at any price is touted by those who believe that justice exists only where peace exists. In face, the opposite is true: peace can only exist where justice prevails. The terrorists in Lebanon are having justice delivered to them as we speak, in the form of the Israeli Defense Forces. When that justice is finalized and those who treaded upon Israel's borders are exterminated, then peace can flourish.

If you disagree, consider this: what would've happened had there been a peace treaty between Germany and England in July, 1941?