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And while exerting pressure on Syria and Iran, what are you gone do at the countless missiles coming from Libanon?

I would have tried the possibility of a joint operation with the lebanese government before starting to shoot the entire south Lebanon to pieces.

Pressure on Syria - only possible by the thread of war.

I never said that I would have exerted pressure sending them flowers. "Exert pressure" means also threats.

And then what is happening in Lebanon now, would happen in Syria, and civilians would die. What's the difference?

If I'm not mistaken Hezbollah is regarded by Israel as a terrorist organization backed by Syria. The difference between attacking Lebanon and attacking Syria is that in the latter case you would go directly at the source of the problem.

And all this is only about preventing future weapons delivery to Hezbollah.

Not just that but also the financial aid that is put forward to sustain Hezbollah.

It does not touch the enormous stockpiles of weapons they already have.

True, that is why I mentioned the joint operation in Lebanon. The fact that the lebanese population successfully threw out the syrians a few months ago leeds me to think that there are political forces in Lebanon who are tired of the syrian influence and are tired of Hezbollah. Why not try that before shooting the place to bits? As I said, I don't think that a bombing campaign is the way to remove the Hezbollah problem. The targeting of civilian infrastructure will unavoidably breed new Hezbollah militants so, in the long term, I'm afraid Israel will only have more problems.