Another annicersary

- Israel/Lebanon/Syria border

Today is the one year anniversary of war declared by the terrorist group in Lebanin, Hezbollah, against Israel, in solidarity with Hamas' attack the day before ...

[...] Hezbollah on Sunday said it had launched guided rockets and artillery onto three posts in the Shebaa Farms [in Israel] "in solidarity" with the Palestinian people.

"Our history, our guns and our rockets are with you," said senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine at an event in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh on Beirut's outskirts in solidarity with the Palestinian fighters ...

Since that day, Hezbollah has launched more than 9,000 rockets, drones, and anti-tank missiles at Israel. More than 60,000 Israelis have been displaced from their homes in the north.

Israel has finally decided to push Hezbollah back from the border, and has stated that returning its citizens to their homes in the north is now one of their war goals. If Hezballah had kept their part of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 in 2006, if Lebanon or the UN had enforced that resolution, this probably would not be necessary.

So Israel, worried about an attack from Hezbollah like the one by Hamas on Oct 7, has been clearing out Hezbollah infrastructure in the villages near the border in Lebanon, Israel has been striking Hezbollah operatives and leadership in Beirut. And Israel has closed a border crossing to Syria to keep weapons from coming from Iran to Hezbollah. As Israel does this, it warns civilians to get out of dangerous areas.

What I see in the news is that Israel is "escalating" the war. Israel is deiplacing, trapping, killing civilians. There's never condemnation of Hezbollah ... why do they put their headquarters under apartment buildings, why do they put their rocket launchers in civilian homes, why did they started the war in the first place? I have no doubt they knew what would eventually happen.

Israel was attacked. It put up with that ongoing attack for a year while they tried diplomacy. Now it is fighting back. That's what anyone else would do.

Ginally, in the State Department press briefing today, Matt Miller made clear that the US believes Hezbollah is untrustworthy and that the US supports Israel's efforts in Lebanon. Start watching at 47:53, when a reporter asks about that war ...