Pirate's Cove

Using restraint and calling for it is what entices terrorist groups to attack

US, France scramble to stop Hezbollah attack sparking larger Lebanon war

The United States and France scrambled on Sunday to prevent the sparking of a third Lebanon war after the Hezbollah attack that killed 12 Druze children in the Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams on Saturday. Israel stood poised to respond militarily.

“We have been in continuous discussions with Israeli and Lebanese counterparts since the horrific attack yesterday,” US National Security Council spokesperson Adriane Watson stated.

The United States “is working on a diplomatic solution along the Blue Line that will end all attacks once and for all and allow citizens on both sides of the border to return safely to their homes.” (the Blue Line is essentially the border between Israel and Lebanon and the Golan Heights, made up of blue barrels, and which Hezbollah keeps violating)

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with both Prime Ministers, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Najib Makati of Lebanon.

Where’s Biden? Oh, right, weekend. I have yet to find an article which shows him engaged on this issue.

Diplomats have urged Israel to constrain its response to avert an all-out war between the two countries. Macron told Netanyahu that France was “fully committed to doing everything possible to avoid a new escalation in the region by sending messages to all parties to the conflict,” the Elyse said.

“He also reiterated the need to reach a diplomatic solution to the issue of the Blue Line, based on [United Nations Security Council] Resolution 1701 and his determination to contribute to it.”

Any war won’t be between Israel and Lebanon: it will be Israel annihilating Hezbollah, which Lebanon has wanted gone for a long time, as they create lots of problems, including damage to Lebanon’s economy. Anyway, if France was being attacked by a group designated a terrorist organization (France has that designation for Hezbollah) constantly, and the group was intentionally attacking civilians, what would Macron be saying? Would he be calling for restraint, or saying that France would destroy them? Calling for restraint against an Islamist terrorist group simply emboldens them, as they see weakness. It would be better if France and the US were out there saying to Hezbollah “stop now, or you will be destroyed. We’ll give Israel full reign, and perhaps we’ll join in.” Politicians have forgotten the lessons of 9/11 and other big terrorist attacks.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in Tokyo on Sunday that “It’s so important that we help diffuse that conflict” along the northern border, “not only prevented it from spreading but to diffuse it.”

It’s simple: threaten Hezbollah. Threaten Iran. In case Blinkin missed it, Hezbollah is a US State Department designated terrorist group. Why is the Biden admin placating them? Kowtowing to them?