Hezbollah has retaliated and launched missiles reaching Haifa. The Israeli death toll therefore has now reached 24…the Lebanese toll is now up to 130…and rising…rising fast.
Beirut:
One would think that if Hezbollah is indeed a rebel unauthorized organization the Lebanese government (lots of world wide news trumpeting the democratic elections a year or so ago) would and could stop missiles being launched from within their own country. Maybe the fact that the attacks are the responsibility of Hezbollah makes the blame distant, disavowable. “Let them be the guilty ones though we all might possibly sympathize.” Maybe with these massive Israeli air strikes — the destruction of the Beirut airport, bridges, the naval blockade, and the suburbs on fire — well, it might make the possibility of the Lebanese government stopping or restraining Hezbollah by force into an unpopular move? Each side seems almost to have an interest in creating and maintaining the existence of their enemies — as if the enemy confirms one’s own existence; an enemy gives us a reason and incentive to struggle against. Without our enemies we are just pathetic groups eking out an existence — with enemies we have noble purpose.
Here’s a blog from Beirut, with music and bombs: mazenkerblog.blogspot.com
And another blog from NYC: israelblog.org
Here’s Tel Aviv
and Beirut
Haifa:
