Beyond the DropZone

The insanity of Hezbollah

[Posted at WDR by W. Thomas Smith Jr. on Feb 15, 2008]

Yes, I say insanity because these birds – the organization's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, specifically – are now calling for "open war" with Israel because their (Hezbollah's) "hero" Imad Mughniyeh was killed.

Here's more about Mughniyeh in my piece at Family Security Matters:

"Let's not forget, Mughniyeh was also responsible for the torture and murder of unarmed 23-year-old U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem, whose body was ingloriously dumped on the tarmac at Beirut airport, during the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner."

Also, the World Council of the Cedars Revolution issued this related-press release.

In other news, DoD is planning to "shoot down a broken spy satellite" expected to crash to Earth, next month. According to the AP:

"Deputy National Security Adviser James Jeffries, briefing reporters at the Pentagon, did not say when the attempted intercept would be conducted, but the satellite is expected to hit Earth during the first week of March.

Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the same briefing that the "window of opportunity" for such a shootdown, presumably to be launched from a Navy ship, will open in the next three or four days and last for seven or eight days."

More from DoD.

More to come.

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— W. Thomas Smith Jr. – a former U.S. Marine rifle-squad leader, parachutist, and shipboard counterterrorism instructor – writes about military/defense issues and has covered conflict in the Balkans, on the West Bank, in Iraq and Lebanon. He has written six books, and his articles have appeared in USA Today, George, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, National Review Online, CBS News, The Washington Times, and many others.

W. Thomas Smith Jr. can be reached at wthomassmithjr@yahoo.com.

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