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Let Israel Exercise Its Right to Defense
[Detroit News] Nolan Finley - A premature peace must be resisted, for Israel's sake, for Lebanon's sake, and for the sake of the broader war against Islamic extremism. In crushing Hizballah, Israel is carrying the water of the West and of the moderate Arab regimes, which recognize that the growing power and influence of Iran, Syria, and their Islamist surrogates threatens their existence as well. The current fighting has revealed that Hizballah is armed with missiles far more powerful than previously thought. That makes pushing it back essential to Israel's defense. The writer is editorial page editor of the Detroit News.