“Five weeks have passed since the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers provoked Israel to launch its most unsatisfactory military operation in 58 years. What problem has been solved, or even ameliorated?

Hezbollah, often using World War II-vintage rockets, has demonstrated the inadequacy of Israel’s policy of unilateral disengagement — from Lebanon, Gaza, much of the West Bank — behind a fence. Hezbollah has willingly suffered (temporary) military diminution in exchange for enormous political enlargement. Hitherto, Hezbollah in Lebanon was a “state within a state.” Henceforth, the Lebanese state may be an appendage of Hezbollah, as the collapsing Palestinian Authority is an appendage of the terrorist organization Hamas. Hezbollah is an army that, having frustrated the regional superpower, suddenly embodies, as no Arab state ever has, Arab valor vindicated in combat with Israel. ”

Sometimes Peace can bring war. That is the situation in the Middle East. The Israelis, at the insistence of Clinton and the United Nations, gave up the Gaza Strip. UN “peacekeepers” came in and watched the terrorist group Hezbollah spend five years bringing in bombs, rockets and other weapons–only the Israelis were not allowed to do anything about it. The United Nations insisted that the Syrian Army leave Lebanon, and they did, but to be replaced by the Syrian and Iranian supported Hezbollah, and their surrogates.

Hezbollah is even an official part of the Lebanese government. Protected by the government, which when attacked by Israel due to the terrorists using dense cities as shields for their military action, condemned Israel but not the terrorists.

Terrorists attacked have taken place in the last two years in India, Pakistan, Bali, Japan, the Philippines and nations too numerous to mention. All have one nexus, all are part of the jihadists wing of the Muslim Faith–not Catholic, Jewish, Baptist or Jehovah’s Witness. The goal is not conversion, it is destruction, take over and enslavement.

This United Nations peace, if it works as well as it did in Rwanda, Nigeria, the Congo, Korea and every other place UN “blue hats” have shown up, means years of war and strife. Normally they protect the law breakers from those who want freedom. When the United Nations arrives, Freedom is thrown out. In the case of the Middle East, the UN has been unable to stop Saddam, the Iranian nuts, it has not stopped Syria from financing and arming terrorists world wide. It hasn’t even been able to protect the free people of South Korea from the dictatorship of North Korea. Iran still has its nuclear capacity–Saddam fought to protect his from the US, the UN would only point a finger and say “naughty, naughty”. Worse, the UN has condemned Israel for its efforts to protect itself but nary a word about those trying to destroy that nation.

As a student of history, this “peace” is the prelude to an even wider war and battle. The United Nations wants Israel to give back Sharma Farms, another buffer area. Give it back and you allow the terrorists to get ten miles closer to the heart of Israel with their bombs. It is time for Israel to leave the UN (which is anti-semitic anyway) and continue its fight for freedom, in spite of the corrupt Annan administration.

What do you think? Is the fight in the Middle East an isolated action or is it part of a massive War going on around the globe? Should the Israelis government even listen to the United Nations, does the UN have any credibility left to those who promote freedom?

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Steve Frank is the publisher of California Political News and Views and a Senior Contributor to CaliforniaConservative.org. He is also a consultant currently working on gambling issues and advising other consultants on policy and coalition building.

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