Lebanon Attacks Israel

[Mr Khan]

starcraft said:

Mr Khan said:

You generally don't figure on Lebanon really having an army, given that the Hezbollah war was against Hezbollah (though Lebanon could have gone straight to Syria and started something, but they're in a precarious position with them, too), and Lebanon didn't really do much.

 

These border incidents don't help matters. Lebanon should have acted with more restraint, though we know how much respect Israel has for other countries' borders (given their illegal occupation of a chunk of Syria for some time now)

I assume you mean the Golan Heights?

Given Syria's behaviour over the last few decades, the way those lands came into Israeli posession, and the proclivity it's people have towards their (relatively) newfound freedom under the Israeli regime, calling it an illegal occupation is a VERY long bow to draw.

 

I am hardly someone that could be called Pro-Israel, but that was a pretty crap example.

Stick with half of Jerusulem.

As anti-Israel as i am, i would call their ownership of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip legal, given that as much as they want to be, the Palestinians aren't a country yet. Syria very much is, and however beneficial it may be, it definitely is a cross-border occupation, and hence illegal

That's just my line of thinking. Despite my dislike for Israel, i won't recognize Palestine until the UN does. Same with Kosovo and the handful of other such territories round the world