Robert Pape (“Ground to a Halt,” Op-Ed, Aug. 3) claims that “the only thing that has proven to end suicide attacks, in Lebanon and elsewhere, is withdrawal by the occupying force.”
On the contrary, Israel withdrew from Lebanon six years ago, and suicidal terrorists perceived it as weakness. Therefore, they began almost immediately to increase their attacks.
Hezbollah itself used those six years of unlimited freedom in running its own affairs in southern Lebanon to increase the supply of missiles and arms from Iran, through Syria, and train for the war it started three weeks ago.
Susan H. Sachs
Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel
and so does Nechama Kanner (3rd one):-
It would be wise for the international community to remember the price that was paid after the first President Bush did not complete the job in the first Persian Gulf war, when Saddam Hussein and the rest were spared.
Israel’s war with Hezbollah is really the whole world’s. Not allowing Israel completely to dismantle Hezbollah forces in Lebanon could have dire consequences for the entire world and would be tantamount to giving up the struggle with worldwide terrorism.
Nachama Kanner
Rehovot, Israel
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