Posted by
arandomguy on Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:12:53 AM
This is part of my intricate coverage of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.
Steven Hearst, AP journalist writes:
"Israeli airstrikes destroyed four key bridges after dawn, severing Beirut's final major connection to Syria and raising the threat of severe shortages of food, gasoline and medicines within days. The attack in the Christian heartland just north of Beirut killed four civilians and a Lebanese soldier."
Is it just me, or should this have been done weeks ago? What is with Israel, waiting until 25 days of fighting are over to destroy all ways out. This should have been first on the list. Terrorists are easy to destroy if you can contain them. And allowing them to cross bridges to get out of the city (and presumably, to let missles and other weaponry in), is not a good form of containment.
Israel needs to get its butt in gear, or else they will lose this conflict.
And a loss here would be grave for the region, and for the world.