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Article: EDITORIAL: The endgame in Lebanon: The endgame in Lebanon.
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- Japan Times (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2006
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Jul. 28--It has been more than two weeks since Hezbollah launched a raid on Israel that prompted a brutal Israel response and appears to have triggered what can only be called a war. The international community has sharply criticized the combatants, but has done little more than protest. There is talk of inserting a multinational peacekeeping team, but the odds of that occurring are long under current circumstances. Most disturbing is the apparent failure on all sides to set realistic objectives in this crisis. Without them, this incident will be another bloody interval in Lebanon's sad history.
On July 12, the militant Islamic group Hezbollah launched a raid on ...