Gillermania?

Allah's high on the Israeli ambassador to the UN's performance.

Addressing the council, Mr Gillerman said the Lebanese government had brought the Israeli actions on itself, by allowing Hizbollah to remain armed and keep de facto control over southern Lebanon, enabling it to cross the border to seize two Israeli soldiers.

He told Lebanon’s special envoy, Nouhad Mahmoud: “You know deep in your heart that if you could, you would be sitting here right next to me right now because you know that we are doing the right thing and that if we succeed, Lebanon would be the beneficiary.�

Apparently Lebanon doesn't entirely disagree:

Since the fighting with Israel started Wednesday, calls for Hezbollah to relinquish its weapons have gathered urgency…

[I]n meetings Thursday, Lebanese officials began to lay the groundwork for an extension of government control to southern Lebanon…

“To declare war and to make military action must be a decision made by the state and not by a party,� said Nabil de Freige, a parliament member… “It’s a very simple equation: You have to be a state.�

After a cabinet meeting Thursday, the government said it had a right and duty to extend its control over all Lebanese territory. Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said the statement marked a step toward the government reasserting itself.

And Gillerman also confronted the Palistinian ambassador (with video).

“You are so in love with occupation that you, you cling to it even when we leave every single inch.�

Dennis Ross, I think, floated this idea on Brit Hume last night. The Palestinians are so infantilized and addicted to their cherished victim status that they are essentially engineering a re-occupation so they can continue to "resist" an occupation they secretly adore.

It's a bit like convicts yearning to be caught again and returned to prison. Some simply can't adapt to freedom.

posted by Ace at 02:47 PM

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