However, Doug, you raise a very interesting point that I think should be taken further. Indeed Israel took a sledge hammer to a peanut (I'da said walnut, but the Carter reference has affected my metaphors). And was that response merited?

Hezbollah only killed eight soldiers and kidnapped two others. Hey, what the hell's eight soldiers' lives? They are just soldiers and they get paid to take the risk. But let's assume Israel lets it pass and just continues on as if nothing happened. Soon, it's 8 x 365 = 2920. And 730 kidnapped. Yeah, just eight soldiers, and then the suicide bombings, and just a few rockets per day, nothing substantial. Yeah. Israel, the aggressor nation. Attacking those poor folks with Hezbollah. Jeeze, I feel tears in my eyes . . . .

(Doug: none of that is addressed to you. Just a general statement to keep the terrorist supporters focused on their love of the peace-seeking Hezbollah organization and their hatred of Jews, Zionists and people like me who are neither but still support Israel.)