Thousands of Israeli troops massed on the Lebanese border today as Lebanon's president said his army would defend the country if Israel launches a full-scale ground invasion.
The Israel Defense Forces has called up roughly 6,000 reservists as reinforcements along the border. Leaflets urging residents in southern Lebanon to leave their homes and move north of the Litani River, 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the Israeli border, have been dropped in the region, the IDF said, according to CNN.
It is the opinion of many international observers that this would be the wrong decision. Such an action would create a situation that Israel had not intended. The Lebanese Army would join with Hezbollah to fight the invasion, uniting the two, when the intention of current Israeli military operations is to divide the two groups. This blooger agrees.
Public opinion, in particular, would turn against Israel and in the short term this is something that Israel and its ally, America, cannot afford, or ignore. In the long term, good public opinion is what both America and Israel will need in order to create a peace plan.
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Agree, that move by Israel will launch this conflict into a new level. Don't know why Israel don't stopped after killing 300 people, they only loss 30 by that date.
I hope the UN can stabilize the area wo stop the killings, in both sides
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