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We the undersigned …

… believe that Israel’s military operation to remove Hezbollah from southern Lebanon is a correct and legitimate response to the creation of an armed force accountable to Syria and Iran residing within the boundaries of Lebanon and using Lebanese territory to engage in cross-border warfare.

As American defense professionals, we view events in the Middle East through the prism of American security interests, in which regard we make two points:

First, the problem of militias and non-state actors operating in sovereign country is precisely the same as that faced by American and coalition forces in Iraq. The militias and foreign fighters facing our troops are also supported by Iran and Syria.

Second, we have a particular interest in the demise of Hezbollah.

(Signed as of 07 August 2006)

1. RADM Fred Ames, USCG (ret.) - Assistant Commandant for Human Resources

2. Lt. Gen. Marcus A. Anderson, USAF (ret.) - Inspector General, HQ USAF

3. Maj. Gen. Max Baratz, USAR (ret.) - Chief of the Army Reserve

4. Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr. USA (ret.) - Commander VII Corps

5. RADM Charles Beers, USN (ret.) - Commander, Submarine Group Ten

6. Gen. William Begert, USAF (ret.) - Commander, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Component Commander for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command

7. Lt. Gen. Walter E. (Buck) Buchanan III, USAF (ret.) - Commander, 9th Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces

8. Lt. Gen. Anthony Burshnick, USAF (ret.) - Vice Commander-in-Chief, Military Airlift Command

9. Lt. Gen. Paul Cerjan, USA (ret.) - Deputy Allied Commander, Europe

10. Gen. J.B. Davis, USAF (ret.) - Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe (NATO)

11. Lt. Gen. Joseph DeFrancisco, USA (ret.) - Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Command

12. ADM Leon Edney, USN (ret.) - Commander in Chief, Allied Forces NATO

13. Maj. Gen. Bobby O. Floyd, USAF (ret.) - Director of Logistics, Air Mobility Command

14. Gen. John Foss, USA (ret.) - Commanding General, Training and Doctrine Command

15. Maj. Gen. Paul Fratarangelo, USMC (ret.)

16. Maj. Gen. David Grange, USA (ret.) - Commander, Task Force Eagle (Bosnia) and Task Force, Kosovo.

17. Lt. Gen. Tom Griffin, USA (ret.) - Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Southern Europe

18. Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston, USMC (ret.) - Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command/ Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific/Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Bases, Pacific

19. Lt. Gen. John Hall, USAF (ret.) - Commander of U.S. Forces, Japan and Commander, 5th Air Force

20. VADM James D. Hull, USCG (ret.)

21. ADM Jerome Johnson, USN (ret.) - Vice Chief of Naval Operations

22. VADM Bernard Kauderer, USN (ret.) - Commander, U.S. Submarine Forces

23. VADM Anthony Less, USN (ret.) - Commander, Naval Air Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

24. RADM Frederick L. Lewis, USN (ret.) - Commander, Naval Doctrine Command

25. Lt. Gen. Donald M. Lionetti, USA (ret) - Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

26. Maj. Gen. Jarvis Lynch, USMC (ret.) - Commander, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island and the Eastern Recruiting Region

27. Gen. Gregory S. Martin, USAF (ret.) - Commander, Air Force Materiel Command

28. Lt. Gen. Charles May, Jr., USAF (ret.) - Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, USAF

29. VADM Paul McCarthy, USN (ret.) - Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet

30. Maj. Gen. James C. McCombs, USAF (ret.) - Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command

31. Lt. Gen. Fred McCorkle, USMC (ret.) - Deputy Commandant for Aviation MG

32. RADM William F. Merlin, USCG (ret.) - Commander Eighth Coast Guard District

33. RADM Riley Mixson, USN (ret.) - Director of Air Warfare

34. Maj. Gen. William C. Moore, USA (ret.) - Director of Operations & Plans

35. Lt. Gen. Carol Mutter, USMC (ret.) - Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

36. Lt. Gen. Tad Oelstrom, USAF (ret.) - Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy

37. Lt. Gen. Garry Parks, USMC (ret.) - Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs

38. Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson, USAF (ret.) - Commander, Special Operations Command & Commanding General 23rd Air Force

39. VADM James Perkins, USN (ret.) - Commander, Military Sealift Command

40. Lt. Gen. Charles H. Pitman, USMC (ret.) - Deputy Chief of Staff for Aviation, HQMC

41. RADM Richard Rybacki, USCG (ret.) - Commander, First Coast Guard District

42. General Crosbie Saint, USA (ret.) - Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army

43. RADM Norman Saunders, USCG (ret.) - Commander, 7th Coast Guard District

44. Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, USA (ret.) - Commanding General, JFK Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg

45. RADM Sumner Shapiro, USN (ret.) - Director of Naval Intelligence

46. Gen. Lawrence Skantze, USAF (ret.) - Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

47. Lt. Gen. Bob Springer, USAF, (ret.) - Vice Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command

48. Gen. Donn A. Starry, USA (ret.) - Commanding General, U.S. Army Readiness Command

49. Maj. Gen. Larry Taylor, USMCR (ret.) - Commanding General, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing

50. Lt. Gen. Lansford E. Trapp Jr, USAF (ret.) - Vice Commander, Pacific Air Forces

51. ADM Jerome Tuttle, USN (ret.) - Director, Space & Electronic Warfare

52. Gen. Louis C. Wagner, Jr., USA (ret.) - Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command

53. RADM George R. Worthington, USN (ret.) - Commander Naval Special Warfare Command and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations

54. RADM Guy Zeller, USN (ret.) - Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Three/Commander Battle Group Foxtrot