Shalom to Sandmonkey

Hi Sandmonkey,

First of all - thanks for the tip on the funny cartoon by Tarek Shahin:




















Of course, we hope to win the measurements contest. We just have to. At least in the mustache contest our minister of defense is a hands down winner.

Meanwhile, regarding your remark on the necessity to switch our targets and to bomb Damascus instead of Beirut: I can understand the logic. Indeed, the main culprits hide (quite comfortably) in their Damascus and Tehran villas. However, they are able to be what they are - culprits - because the people of Lebanon allow them to. I have already written about the rights and the duties of a sovereign, not a lot to add to it. If the Lebanese people will not take care of Hezbollah, nobody will do it for them, and the conflict will continue to simmer with flare-ups of the kind we are seeing from time to time.

Let's hope that the message that is being sent to Lebanon is loud and clear and that there are enough sane minds to hear it.

Meanwhile - best wishes from the Elders.

Update: Haaretz report that I have missed says:

The London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported Saturday that Israel issued an ultimatum to Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to which a regional war would erupt within 72 hours if Damascus does not prevent Hezbollah attacks.

According to the report, a Pentagon source said that if Syria does not try to influence Hezbollah, Israel could bomb essential installations in Syria. The source neither confirmed nor denied rumors that Israel had given Damascus 72 hours to comply with international demands.

I hope that it will not happen, otherwise it's a real war. Let's hope that baby Assad takes heed.