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Saturday, August 05, 2006from AOL:Mideast War Grows Despite U.N. Peace DealSo we have a U.N. peace deal all over the headlines because France and the U.S. came to some agreement about what Israel and Hezbollah should do. Once, when I was working at McDonald's while in college, a bunch of the employees agreed that a particularly unloved manager should be dismissed by the senior management of the franchise. You can imagine the impact that our decision about what should transpire between her and management had... none. Though getting France and the U.S. to agree on something these days is no small thing, it's not really a Mid-East peace deal unless, oh, I don't know, maybe the Israelis and Arabs agree on terms? Now we're all going to get soggy headlines about how many sad and senseless deaths took place after France and the United States arrived at a peace deal. Just another reminder that once the media picks its agenda, it will hammer any angle it can.What this really indicates, of course, is problems for Israel. Because they'll want to at least pretend to make nice if the U.S. goes on record in favor of a cessation of hostilities. And will the International Community then bellow its condemnation if Hezbollah keeps up the slaughter as Israel pulls back? Yes, of the Jews for not dying quietly enough, lest somebody else notice that the media and International Community always side with the people who murder callously against those who are civilized since, hey, really angry Israelis are much better than half-crazed, self-righteous Arabs. The one hope: That Israel has indicated it's about done with Hezbollah, in which case the U.S. is trying to provide a way for it to withdraw without declaring a retreat or pullback. The only problem: If you've listened to Hezbollah this far, you probably can't open your mouth in broad daylight without sunshine coming through, in which case you'll probably believe Hezbollah was victorious because the Israelis couldn't find the rock Nasrallah's been hiding under. Slaughter 'em all while there's still time, Israel! Sorry, I guess that was a touch bloodthirsty. That said, it is not the province of the United States or France to decide when Israel should cease its mighty pounding of Hezbollah any more than it's up to Israel or France to decide when the U.S. should leave Iraq. And to clarify the bloodthirsty call, it refers, of course, to Hezbollah. I would not support the eradication of the Lebanese or of the Arabs or Muslims at large, first because it's awful and second, because unlike Hezbollah nobody sends me arms, money, not even a box of jelly donuts, because they're fired up about bloody pictures in the newspapers. But I would not shrink from asserting that a dead Hezbollite is not a thing about which one sheds too many tears. I wish them well with their 72 virgins, even as I wonder what they'll do after their first 144 minutes of eternity. 
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