{"id":150,"date":"2006-07-17T22:42:43","date_gmt":"2006-07-18T03:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/17\/israels-forgotten-record-in-lebanon-1982\/"},"modified":"2006-07-17T22:42:43","modified_gmt":"2006-07-18T03:42:43","slug":"israels-forgotten-record-in-lebanon-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/17\/israels-forgotten-record-in-lebanon-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel’s Forgotten Record in Lebanon, 1982+"},"content":{"rendered":"

LewRockwell.com<\/strong><\/em> posted a piece<\/a><\/strong> of mine today on the latest round of Mideast killings.\u00a0 Most of the piece is extracted from my 2003 book, Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Justice, Peace, and Freedom to Rid the World of Evil<\/a><\/strong> (Palgrave).<\/p>\n

Here’s the lead of today’s piece:<\/p>\n

As the Israeli government continues bombing throughout Lebanon in response to Hezbollah\u2019s seizure of two Israeli soldiers and rocket attacks upon Israeli cities, it may be helpful to recall prior Israeli invasions and attacks on Lebanon. The Rules of Engagement that Israel appears to be using now look similar to the rules adapted for the 1982 invasion and subsequent occupation of Lebanon. The Los Angeles Times<\/em> reported yesterday that Israeli missiles “struck predominantly Christian neighborhoods.” Lebanese Christians are, for the most part, avowed opponents of Hezbollah, a Muslim religious party. But Israel acts as if all Lebanese are guilty and thus worthy of bombing. (Likewise, Hezbollah appears to consider any Israeli worth killing.)<\/p>\n

Few people recognize that the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was one of the biggest failures in the history of antiterrorism. There is no reason to expect the current round of attacks and counterattacks to beget an era of peace and good feeling along the Israeli-Lebanon border.<\/p>\n

Neither Hezbollah nor the Israeli Defense Force has any right to murder innocent people. But, as in earlier times, there is a danger that U.S. military forces will be sent to Lebanon to try to assuage the chaos. ….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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