This War Must Not End Before the Destruction of Hizballah

The war in Lebanon must not end short of its logical conclusion. Its logical conclusion is not the successful use of human shields by Hezbollah to hamstring the Israel Defense Forces. Its logical conclusion is the destruction of Hezbollah as a military and political force that will always remain a threat to peace and stability of the region. Hezbollah has gotten a pass from the international community at Qana, as it did when it targeted UN peacekeepers for death by placing Hezbollah fighting positions within meters of the doomed UN observation post. Israel has received widespread condemnation for firing on a town that Hezbollah cynically used as a base to launch missiles into Israel.

The threat from Hezbollah cannot be allowed to remain, when its mere survival emboldens it and ensures it will be able to rebuild. The twisted perception of Hezbollah as David to the Israeli Goliath - a perversion of the reality in which Israel is vastly outnumbered, outgunned, and surrounded - positions Hezbollah as a winner in any conclusion short of its utter destruction. The pressures of European leaders and the UN for a quick fix - an accommodation of evil of the sort they historically have preferred to acting with determination against a nascent threat - must not be allowed to stop Israel, with our support, from completing this dirty job. This war, like all just wars against aggression, must not end short of its logical conclusion - the extermination of Hezbollah.