Most world leaders except Bush are calling for a cease-fire, but surely most of them want Israel to cease their fire yet couldn't care less about Hizballah or HAMAS, or are simply afraid to say otherwise.
Meanwhile, Saddam is in the ninth day of his hunger strike. Wonder if there's any coincidence between his stuntery and the latest goings-on around Palestinia and east Asia? Maybe not, but Saddam has certainly longed for the glorious moment when the Arabs would stand up and fight the Great Satan (s).
Certain folks are talking about cease-fires, which brings to mind the infamous cease-fire after the Gulf War in 1991. Avigdor Haselkorn's book about Saddam and his WMD deterrence makes the bold assertion those talks were somewhat of a sham--that America could have achieved more had they insisted on participation by Revolutionary Command Council representatives instead of lower level military leaders. Apparently he felt the WMDs muted our bargaining power since Saddam knew we weren't coming to Baghdad.
That certainly wasn't the public perception in 1991. Switch to 2006 and the perception has changed to "he destroyed them all after the 1991".
Actually, there will never be a permanent cease fire in the region based on the hard-line positions taken by the Arabs. The only hope at this point might be large-scale prayer, thing is the prayers are going to different Gods.
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