Doubting Thomas

Thomas Friedman Speaks; Hezbollah Doesn't Listen

I noted a few months ago Friedman's line:

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon, the Hezbollah militia, on the other side, went on hating Israel and harassing the border — but it never tried to launch an invasion. Why? Hezbollah knew it would have no legitimacy — in the world or in Lebanon — for breaching that U.N.-approved border.

Alas, Hezbollah still doesn't seem to have taken Friedman to heart:

Relative quiet returned to the northern border after Hizbullah attacks on IDF targets in the Mount Dov region on Friday morning in which St.-Sgt. Denis Laminov was killed and six other soldiers were wounded – two of them seriously.
Laminov, 21, of Bat Yam, is to be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Sunday at the military cemetery in Holon. The young soldier, a member of the Golani Brigade's elite Egoz counterguerrilla reconnaissance unit, is survived by his parents and brother.

Crossposted on Israpundit and Doubting Thomas.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 9, 2004 01:24 AM