Lebanon is Israel's Iraq

This is my first diary, and I am writing it about a subject that I can no longer restrain myself from shouting about. I see Israel's invasion of Lebanon as a play right out of the US playbook, and some Democrats are playing Rumsfield Republicans.

I am strongly opposed to the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. While I had agreed that Saddam Hussein was a regional threat and a tyrranical ruler and believed that a regime change needed to happen, and that would require force from outside Iraq. But I later learned that our invasion was based on a pack of lies, poorly planned, poorly executed, and justified by politicians with an agenda dangerous to America and the world.

I see many paralles with Israel's invasion and reoccupation of Lebanon. I am not trying to beatify Hezbollah, or even call them the good guys, but the IDF intentions are being reverse swift boated by the American MSM into a war of good vs evil.

The Bush misadministration had planned the inevitable invasion of Iraq long before 9/11 and long before UN inspectors came up empty. The case for war was based on lies and known faulty intelligence, while good intelligence was ignored if it didn't suit the need. These lies were sold to the American people, then to the international community through the UN. Bush finally got his war, and the lies became well known. But it didn't matter anymore, we were the good guys and had to stay the course at great cost in lives, dollars and reputation. All the while tens of thousands of Iraqis were killed and that nation sank into civil war.

We are being told that Israel was minding its own business on its Lebanese border, until Hezbollah invaded Israel and fired some rockets at Haifa and other northern cities. Upon learning of the kidnapping Israel launched immediate attacks into Lebanon for the sole purpose of returning its two soldiers. That mission later expanded to stop the rocket attacks. Israel faults the Lebanese government for failing to disarm Hezbollah.

But this also seems to be a pack of lies. There is alot of doubt as to which side of the border the Israeli soldiers were captured on. Any half informed observer knew that the Lebanese government had no chance what so ever to disarm Hezbollah. And it also appears that the Israelis had been planning the invasion for quite a while, and used the capture as an excuse to kick it off. The IDF response has been so disproportionate that it had to be premeditated and with the goal of depopulating south Lebanon via ethnic cleansing.

I figured that this would be another Republican justified war, and the good guys (the Democrats) would again oppose them as most did with the Iraq quagmire. But I was wrong... and it has made me sick. As the Republicans called anyone who opposed the war in Iraq unpatriotic, the Democrats have sunk to calling anyone that doesn't support Israels war in Lebanon an anti-semite.

I am not an anti-semite, but I know a malicious and unjustified war when I see it.

I was upset to see the following statements from Howard Dean, a fellow vermonter who I had respect for:

Dean calls Iraqi PM an 'anti-Semite'

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean on Wednesday called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki an "anti-Semite" for failing to denounce Hezbollah for its attacks against Israel.

I would like to know what fellow Kossacks think on this matter. Must a Democrat blindly support Israel even if it is wrong?

How do fellow Kossacks feel about Democrats who have taken a page right out of the Republican handbook and are labelling those that oppose a bad war as an "anti-semite"?