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Originally Posted by Rochard
And I think Israel can occupy all of Lebanon; They've done it before.
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I'm glad your wife's family wasn't hurt.
To be clear, I'm not arguing for or against Israel's actions: I don't see how anyone can usefully do that without knowing their intentions. But whatever point of view someone adopts, surely it has to have some basis in reality?
For example, Israel has never occupied the whole of Lebanon. In March 1978 Israeli forces crossed the Litani river and stopped within less than 10 miles. They withdrew in June. In 1982 Israel pushed the PLO back to Beirut and then settled to occupation of a 12-mile "security zone" where they stayed until withdrawing in 2000.
You also talk about Israel having returned land in return for unfulfilled promises about an end to conflict, whereas in fact the only time this has happened was when the US brokered peace with Egypt. And that has held successfully on both sides.