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Originally posted by Gattigap
Then it seems clear that what Israel must do is undertake a serious, house-to-house invasion of South Lebanon, in which Israelis take the significant losses which are part of urban combat. They must conquer Lebanon utterly and completely, and be prepared to occupy it for a decade or two. Again.

The US will have to do the same thing for Baghdad. We did level Fallujah, but this presumably would be different because literally destroying Baghdad would not be an option.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The more I look at problems like Israel, Iraq, Rwanda, Darfur, etc., the more I find myself thinking that Imperialism, for all the problems it created, may be the only solution.

Apparently, I'm not alone in this. Google Niall Ferguson. I don't agree with everything the man says by a long shot, but he does utter some of the same foul truths I've been saying.