[Yahoshua]

1. I do not condone the mass and indiscriminate killings of civilians. Ever. Problem being that Hizbullah hides among civilians and the civilians have already had more than enough time to leave the city (the IDF dropped leaflets warning the population of the upcoming war). There shouldn't be any civilians left in the city...why are they still there? What purpose could they possibly serve?

2. I have lived in Israel long enough to know which side I'd fight on if I were on the ground there. And telling people that Iran will use Lebanon and Syria to stab Israel in the back with "death by a thousand cuts" is no propaganda. It is happening.

3. Yes, Hizbullah has their own agenda and their own identity, the destruction of Israel. Ahmadinejad, the current leader of Iran, has stated the same in several press releases tha he intends to wipe the zionists off the face of the planet. Google it and the evidence is there.

4. I do not overdramatize the effects of rockets, suicide bombers, and sneak attacks. They are devestating both as a means of killing large numbers of cvilians at a given time, as a tool in psychological warfare, and as a means to deprive victims of any real means of fighting back. And if Israel had struck back sooner we'd still be having this thread. Besides, what is the most common word I hear when regarding Israeli military manuevers? "Restraint." You don't win wars through the show of "restraint." The enemy sees "restraint" as weakness, and thus invites more attacks.

5. Yes....Israel waited for hizbullah to attack her......I find that incredibly stupid, other than to deny the U.N. the satisfaction of their team chant "restraint, restraint, peace negotiations!" And the potential murderer is always there in Hizbullah. Google up some photos of what's left of a bus or a restraunt after a suicide bombing. Blown out potential? Hardly.

6. Granted. Hizbullah doesn't have a nuke (yet) and isn't going to truck it down to Tel Aviv and set it off. But death by a thousand cuts is just as painful as a sudden blow. And I'm not surprised that the generals have been planning this for over a year. How many other countries do you know that perform military exercises where they are outnumbered 10 to 1?

7. If this were a single event, the first of it's kind. I'd agree with you. But this is event #xxxxxxxxxx. How many times can you stand the drops of water on your head before you crack? To the point that you can time when the drop is going to hit your head? Eventually you lose it. Hizbullah has touched a raw nerve, and is getting what they deserve. And if you look up the situations regarding prisoner swaps.....is swapping 1500 lebanese prisoners for 2 men a fair swap? 1500 potential murderers back on the street for two soldiers who might possibly be killed by the same men who were released in order to free them? Doing prisoner swaps with a terrorist entity indicates weakness, and again invites more kidnappings and more negotiations.....what happens when Israewl has no more prisoners to negotiate away? What then?

8. Show me the cluster bombs. Show me the phosphorous. Show me the intentional murders of civilians in their vehicles, who just might be next to a "tagged" Hizbullah vehicle and they happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time?

Btw, I can't play the "I'm a Jew card" to begin with. I'm not Jewish. And even if I were, it'd be a far stretch for me to play it.

I have answered your questions/statements. But the burden of proof rests on you. I've gotten tired of finding the evidence which people so conveniently ignore.

Oh...and a last bit for scandium here: Could you pull up for me how many international laws Hizbullah has broken in comparison to Israel? And how many each have obeyed? Because if I recall. Terrorist organizations aren't covered by the Geneva convention specifically because they break it as a routine matter. Whereas Israel has bent over backwards to obey these laws, but is criticized for retaliating and told to shown "restraint?"