Comments on: Why weren’t the soldiers declared KIA two years ago? https://www.yourish.com/2008/07/17/5112 Cutting straight to the point Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jon Ihle https://www.yourish.com/2008/07/17/5112/comment-page-1#comment-32716 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:32:56 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5112#comment-32716 I can think of one reason, and you’re not going to like it: kidnapped soldiers present a more compelling case for invasion than merely dead ones.

It gives me no pleasure to surmise this, since I supported the war (and also understand there were other – some simple, some complex – reasons for invading Lebanon), but if the IDF was looking for a pretext for a necessary but potentially unpopular war, well….

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