"Only you have thought of those things. "

Well, it's a good job *someone's* thought of them, lox! :0)

Yeesh!

Hamas and Hezbollah, it seems to me, have the standards of Cowardly, Unfeeling, Uncaring, Vindictive Bastards.

but hey, what do I know, eh?

"Everyone should be accountable to the same set of standards."

Exactly, and no way has Israel ever stored weapons amongst its people, nor blown up buses of innocent folk...nor..nor..nor....

Geez! If you're hit enough, by enough bullies, then eventually you start to fight back with a vengeance and sadly, so it seems to me, that's what Israel is now doing.