The Red Herring
Israel’s latest troubles with Hamas and Hezbollah are nothing but a red herring perpetrated by those groups to distract world attention from two items that were at the front of the agenda prior.
Iran’s nuclear agenda
While this isn’t getting past some analysts, many people don’t see why the Iranian-funded Hezbollah timed its attack when it did. It was not merely a copy-cat of the Hamas attack. Lebanon’s government doesn’t have the pair to grow and has no choice but to take its lumps. Meanwhile, with $78 a barrel oil, Iran’s leader seems like a freakin’ genious.
Palestinian Referrendum
Remember the referrendum on the priosoners’ agreement that was supposed to have taken place late this month? This was Abbas’ thumb in the eye to Hamas’ leadership. The people were going to democratically approve this proposal as a framework for peace with Israel (that would never fly with Israel, but that’s another story) and force Hamas’ hand. How convenient now that Israel is once again battling this group of thugs, that everyone seems to have forgotten this vote.
The attacks on the Israeli soldiers by Hamas were a calculated effort to draw Israel into exactly what it has done and put the kibosh on the referrendum.