Taking Bets

If you were an oddsmaker, what odds would you give peace in Israel. If you were the betting type, how many dead Shia would you predict for the next round.

My prediction is simply that it's going to be the ugliest tally yet. I hate to say it, but the "fascist" solution is fast becoming the most probable one. Kill them in such large numbers that they never rear their ugly head again. Problem is, there'll be a lot of innocents caught up in the maelstrom as usual ... it's always the same, and made all the worse when the "fascist" uses children and women to shield his weapons and for propoganda gain:

With Iranian backing, Hezbollah guerrillas have dramatically increased their rocket range and can now threaten most of Israel, senior Israeli defense officials said.

The Lebanese group has acquired new Iranian rockets with a range of about 185 miles, the officials said Wednesday. That means the guerrillas can hit anywhere in Israel's heavily populated center and reach as far south as Dimona, where Israel's nuclear reactor is located. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the confidential intelligence assessment to the media.

When Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006, Hezbollah fired nearly 4,000 rockets into Israel. The longest-range rockets fired, which Israel said were Iranian-made, hit some 45 miles inside Israel.

At about this point, the job from hell has got to be being assigned a UN or EU military post in Lebanon ... as a Shia-shield. Can there be any doubt where this is all heading.