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An Open Letter to Olmert

Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 7:45:06 pm PDT

An open letter to Ehud Olmert from the Lebanese Foundation for Peace. (Hat tip: Moe Katz.)

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

It was about time,

We Lebanese congratulate you on your recent actions against the Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon. We urge you to hit them hard and destroy their terror infrastructure. It is not Israel who is fed up with this situation, but the majority of the silent Lebanese in Lebanon who are fed up with Hezbollah and are powerless to do anything out of fear of terror retaliation.

Since Israel’s forced withdrawal in 2000, pulling out due to pressure from the Clinton Administration, Hezbollah has not for one day ceased its terror incentives, acts of war and provocations at the border. Hezbollah, with the help of Syria and Iran, turned Southern Lebanon into a terror base supported by 12,000 Iranian missiles threatening every initiative for Peace in general and the security of Israel in particular.

Unfortunately, the West should have understood from the beginning that diplomacy does not work with terrorism, neither the Saudi backed initiatives in Lebanon, it enforces terrorism and acts like a booster for Hezbollah justifications on the ground.

The Lebanese are trapped within their own nation.

We urge you not to hit Lebanese infrastructure, Lebanon is a friendly country, rather hit and destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the country.

The IAF raids on suspected Hezbollah strongholds will have a limited effect on this terror organization; an infantry offensive is needed to clean up Southern Lebanon from the threatening missiles and launching bases , destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and consolidate security.

On behalf of thousands of Lebanese, we ask you to open the doors of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport to thousands of volunteers in the Diaspora willing to bear arms and liberate their homeland from fundamentalism. We ask you for support, facilitations and logistics in order to win this struggle and achieve together the same objectives: Peace and Security for Lebanon and Israel and our future generations to come.

As of the fighting continue in the north of Israel in order to create security, at the Lebanon Israel border, we ask the world’s nations to endorse your political action and wish you full success in your deterrence against terrorism’s autonomy in Southern Lebanon and Gaza.

Mr. Prime Minister,

Help Lebanon in order to help yourself.

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Tags: Lebanon, Israel, Hizballah, Hesbollah, Hisbollah, Kidnapping

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Bubbaman Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:47:11pm

Wow!

FIVEOFNINE Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:47:12pm

This guy has to be a Christian Lebanese

mad_scientist Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:48:59pm

Since Israel’s forced withdrawal in 2000, pulling out due to pressure from the Clinton Administration, Hezbollah has not for one day ceased its terror incentives, acts of war and provocations at the border. Hezbollah

Thanks Bill, another mark on your already tarnished legacy...

Liz Ard Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:49:19pm

Is this for real?

Noam Sayin' Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:50:19pm

Holy shit. Is the tide turning?

Lizardoid Minion #32603 Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:50:36pm

This guy has to be a Christian Lebanese

Probably. Half the staff where I work are Christian Lebanese, and they are really wonderful people.

(Some of them have family visiting Lebanon right now, but apparently everyone is okay so far. They just can't get home.)

_remembertonyc Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:51:03pm

it's a nice note, but Israel can't solve this problem alone. rather than just writing nice notes, maybe the lebanese people need to be somewhat more proactive in saving their own country ...

mad_scientist Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:51:21pm

"I come to you now, at the turning of the tide"

Gandalf the White

lummox Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:51:29pm

It doesn't get much clearer than this. Is anyone listening?

jimgoism Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:52:23pm

Perhaps..

I am sorry if i sound a little paranoid..

But after all of the Atrocities i have seen
both the palestinians and the Islamo nazis do in the name of their demonic moon god allah

I think it sounds a little to good to be true..

I know the lebanese christians were basically slaughtered by arafish (who died of AIDS) and is roasting in hell next to his mentor the child molesting Mohammed) Pork be on his ass..

But i just dont know...

When i read it my first impresssion is

Its a trap..

But if we want to clean out this Islamic RATS NEST... Hey CAIR want to Help after all Islami is the religion of PIECES (opps i mean peace ) sorry its hard to keep it straight between all of the debris flying around every islamic country..

Anyway I dont trust it..

Sorry I know the Enemy..
And his name is Mohammed (and lying, cheating, terrorism, rape and be-headings) are all that Islam is...

Cartman Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:52:57pm

Thank you Slick and Madame Alldim. Eternal four hundred pound leg lifts and intern BJ's be upon you. We inherited your mess, and we'll deal with it. Stop fretting over your "legacy". Done deal, trashed and swept away. Are you listening, Jimmah?

Allah al Fubar Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:53:17pm

Charles, can you get this to Rush? Fox News? BBC? Al Jazeera? NYT? Wapo? I will do my best.

mad_scientist Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:53:22pm

Is anyone listening?

We are, but the LLL, MSM, UN, and EU scumbags will tune this guy right out.

gymnast Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:53:34pm

This guy has a pretty good grasp of reality. I wonder how many people the Lebanese Foundation for Peace represents? Obviously not enough to take his country back without a lot of help.

Jim C. Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:53:53pm

#3: You took the words right out of my mouth.

jimgoism Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:54:07pm

I would say find out who the christians are and try to protect them..

But the rest if their muslim i am sorry but Islam is a CANCER and EXCEPT for Israel the ENTIRE middle east is a GIAN boil on the EARTHS BUTT..

Its time to kill both the cancer of Islam and the BOIL called the middle east...

baier Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:54:49pm

I wonder how wide spread this is? Wouldn't that be amazing if Israel as seen as a liberator?

Cartman Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:56:05pm

#8 mad

He's dead, Jim.

- Bones

Killgore Trout Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:56:49pm

Seems my comment was eaten by the interweb. To paraphrase...
Holy shit/ God bless

ShumBaayaMyLord Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:57:07pm

What the authors of the letter say rings true to a considerable extent, but it is issued by people aligned with the Christian Phalangist movement, which is far from being a majority group in Lebanon, and far from beloved. The Israeli government should keep its own counsel in this situation. Yes indeed, Hizballah should be eliminated, but lion-and-lamb cohabitation sightings will not multiply as a consequence--and both Israelis and Lebanese know this.

Cartman Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:58:40pm

From all that I know, Lebanese Christians take their freedom very seriously.

mad_scientist Thu, Jul 13, 2006 5:59:50pm

With the ME teetering on the brink out all our war, I was wondering what everyone thinks the next move will be and from who?

Will Israel be the one to make a strong offensive push into southern Lebanon and Syria?

Will they do more coordinated airstrikes and buy time for something else?

Will they finally take off the gloves completely and do their own version of shock an awe?

I feel something is about to break, and break big, but cant seem to figure out what is the next move...

SpartanWoman Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:01:10pm

anybody remeber the Trojan Horse?

Trust but verify

solomonpanting Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:03:24pm

I had Lebanese Christian neighbors in the past and they were gracious, friendly people.

On behalf of thousands of Lebanese, we ask you to open the doors of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport to thousands of volunteers in the Diaspora willing to bear arms and liberate their homeland from fundamentalism. We ask you for support, facilitations and logistics in order to win this struggle and achieve together the same objectives: Peace and Security for Lebanon and Israel and our future generations to come.

Now there's a provocative idea (one that the BBC would delete.)
Imagine the Israelis training a counter-insurgency to reclaim Lebanon.

Geepers Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:03:56pm

Noam Sayin' (#5)

Holy shit. Is the tide turning?

Quite possibly.

Check out what Lebonese bloggers are saying:

We are ALL guilty. ALL OF US. Emergency hiwar watani session? I am not sure if I should laugh or puke my guts out on the table. Let it be known to all. We are scared, our lives are on the line, our country is history, but it's all our fault. Each and every one of us. These are the people we elected, these are the people we let freely thrive in their little haven of hatred and murderous ideals, and this is us, scared and incapacitated, failing but to point fingers and complain. Well let me tell you this folks, we pulled our pants down and stuck our naked asses out, and now that we're fucked, we really don't have jack shit to complain about.

Links to Lebanese blogs and more over at BLACKFIVE

jimgoism Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:05:03pm

I still say to Israel

May the true God (yahweh) keep you and bless you and make his face shine on you...

And BLOW the Living CRAP out of ALL the
Hezbolla terrorists
Islamic terrorists
Palestinian terrorists
Syrian terrorists
Iraniann terrorists

Just level the entire region...
after that we can mop up..

moonflower Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:05:14pm

Beep Beep Beep

BS alert on high. Let us come in to Israel and help.

Uh, no, not unless you are totally checked out.

No offense to you, Charles. But my BS detector is on red.

Only because of the "let us come in an help you" plea.

Yikes.

rayra[deleted] Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:06:22pm

Helen Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:07:45pm

If the Lebanese Christians want to free their country, then let Israel send them to the front. It is their country. Let them fight for it. If Israel helps them, then it is no longer Israel alone, but Israel and Lebanon whose cedars were sent to Solomon for the building of the temple. As for Hezbollah and the rest of the Muslim nutters, kill 'em all. Let God (the real God, not the demonic moon god, allah, of mohammed the epileptic pedophile raving in the desert) sort them out and show them the hell they deserve.

6patrick6 Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:08:51pm

If that letter is for real, and I truly hope it is; it's is a great sign for hope for a free Christian Lebanon. We can hope that those inside that nation are in a position to take up arms against hezbollox and help rout the little terror rat-bastards into the sea.

jimgoism Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:09:45pm

#27 good point...

I WILL not trust any one of them..

I dont care even if its true...
Even if the terrorists are trying to run like the Islamic DOGS they are..

We KILL them ALL NOW..
Its either that or they will kill all of us mohammeds way (raped then beheaded)..

No we Finish this VILE Islamic CRAP NOW..

We will send you to allah and you will find out something...

He doesnt Exist (but i have no problem helping you islamic Idiots) find out personally..

Nail EM HARD Israel..
Take them all to the CLeaners..

sunshine Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:09:57pm

Good site, they are doing updates on what is going on in Lebanon. Seems many Lebanese want Hizballah out. Check the comments sections.

[Link: lebanesebloggers.blogspot.com...]

Americain Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:09:58pm

Between now and Monday Morning, Israel will have struck Syrian and Hezbollah targets with such verocity that the terrorists will wake up on Monday morning wondering what the hell happened to them.

Go IDF.

May the Lord be with you..

Noam Sayin' Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:23:10pm

On behalf of thousands of Lebanese, we ask you to open the doors of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport to thousands of volunteers in the Diaspora willing to bear arms and liberate their homeland from fundamentalism.

Some of you might be on to something...

Response should be:

No, thanks. We got it from this side. Why don't you work your way toward us?

Avner. Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:34:01pm

#34 Noam Sayin' 7/13/2006 08:23PM PDT

On behalf of thousands of Lebanese, we ask you to open the doors of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport to thousands of volunteers in the Diaspora willing to bear arms and liberate their homeland from fundamentalism.

Some of you might be on to something...

Response should be:

No, thanks. We got it from this side. Why don't you work your way toward us?

I agree, I mean no insult to the non Moslem Lebanese, but our job (Israel) cant really be to liberate the Middle East, wasnt that the USA's job?, also America liberated Iraq and one minister is complaining about some Jewish conspiracy, our problems are from over, this isnt over by any stretch of the imagination.

One Thing At A Time

BenZacharia Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:36:35pm

Read it and be cynical if you want, it put a lump in this old softies throat.

Noam Sayin' Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:42:32pm

No doubt, BenZacharia. I seriously hope this is a true appeal on behalf of all the Lebanese. I really want to be done with this bullshit.

Noam Sayin' Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:43:43pm

I thing the next thread helps fill in this subject.

mattm Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:16:23pm

hit and destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the country.

I hope they do until there is nothing left.

hannibal smith Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:18:59pm

Wow, a Peace organization that is willing to fight for peace - and on the right side! This in my opinion is an offer that should not be refused.

MaaddMaaxx Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:20:46pm

I truly hope that the letter is the real feelings of the Christian minority. It strikes me as reasonable since their country, once the most moderate, (Beirut was once called the "Paris of the middle east"...I doubt it was because the waiters were rude) has been the most abused and war torn.

That said, color me suspicious. Aside from the possibility of a US or Israeli Psy-Op (no problem with them...just don't believe everything I read) the Jewish and Christian minorities are not strong enough or murderous enough to compete with the islamists.

They are looking for a silver bullet/white knight to remove the islamists from their midst.

Won't happen.

Until the world stands up to illiminate this murderous pseudo-religion cum political system or the religion purges the lunatics from its midst there will be no peace in the world and very little in the world.

itellu3times Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:44:35pm

We urge you not to hit Lebanese infrastructure, Lebanon is a friendly country, rather hit and destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the country.

I agree with this, but Israel is doing just what this says not to do. Even if there were nobody left in Lebanon to "save", I just can't see it militarily effective for Israel to blow up infrastructure.

abolitionist Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:45:59pm

#41 MaaddMaaxx
Welcome to LGF. Or should that be welcome back?

moonflower Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:57:41pm

#31 jimgoism

I don't trust this "letter". I think we both agree on that.

I would urge you to tone down the "kill them all" language, though. Charles has enough problems with comments like that.

There should be justified skepticism about this offer. That's it.

I am sure those who should know, do know.

MaaddMaaxx Thu, Jul 13, 2006 8:08:26pm

#43 abolitionist,

Thanks, 1st post. Lurked forever waiting for an open registration.

/frustrated, waiting in the wings

Bill K. Thu, Jul 13, 2006 8:52:33pm

Unfortunately these guys are singing off key. They have the right attitude in wanting the Israelis to clean out the Hezbollah scum from their country but they must realize that Israel is not doing this for their benefit.

Israel is doing this to remove an unbearable threat to their northern border. To ask the Israelis not to destroy Lebanese infrastructure used by Hezbollah, like the airport is wrong. This is veering dangerously close to the specious argument of "disproportional force" used by the Euroweenies.

These people should be urging Israel to use maximum force to exterminate Hezbollah, if possible giving Israel tips about where the terrorists are hiding, to realize that Lebanese other than terrorist will be killed and most of all to urge Israel to attack Syria.

MoonbatBane Thu, Jul 13, 2006 8:53:04pm

"but the majority of the silent Lebanese in Lebanon"

I have all the hope if the world for the Lebanese people. However, while you can be a "silent majority" in the polls, you cannot be silent in the face of evil ([bigoted word]s aka Hizbola) and then turn to the world for understanding.

What, fighting the [bigoted word]s might be dangerous? Better to die fighting for freedom than live under the tyrany of dictators (no personal experience) and thugs (pleny of personal experience).

Jeff S. Fri, Jul 14, 2006 12:07:21am

I recall this similar call for help from Iran from a few years back:

Shaul Mofaz was only six when his family emigrated from Iran to Israel. His knowledge of Farsi is rudimentary at best. But that didn’t stop the Israeli defense chief from getting his message across to a stream of callers from the Islamic Republic who appealed to him for help on Israel Radio’s Farsi service this week.

One caller from a city in central Iran asked when Israel and the Jews would finally repay their historical debt to Cyrus the Great and rescue the Iranian people from the dread ayatollahs, just as US President George W. Bush had helped the people of Iraq and Afghanistan throw off their oppressors.

(It was in 538 BC that Cyrus, king of Persia, fulfilling the word of God as spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, issued a proclamation allowing the Jews to return to Zion from their exile in Babylon and rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem.)

Mofaz, admitting he was not in the miracle business, wished the Iranian people success in their struggle for freedom. But then a stream of callers pleaded for Israel to intervene to help overthrow the Islamic regime. The defense minister replied it was up to the Iranian people to determine its fate. But he also mentioned the United States role in the region and said the Americans still had much work to do after prevailing in Afghanistan and Iraq. Iran and Syria were still there as key elements of Bush’s axis of evil.

This reply brought forth a chorus of listeners who wanted to persuade the Israeli minister that the Teheran regime was more of a danger to the region and the world than Saddam Hussein had ever been.

Link

Trey Stone Fri, Jul 14, 2006 12:57:30am

i have to wonder what Lebanese Muslims think about this. they're probably more in line with the standard Arab response, about how this is "disproportionate," etc., etc. especially the Shi'a who've always supported Hezbollah.

Christians do make up a significant part of the country though.

SunCat Sat, Jul 15, 2006 10:28:05am

I wonder if you are the Trey Stone (Matt Parker?), #49. Good on you in any case, Trey-Z.