Carol, I know the numbers. I am not a fan of any civilians being killed in wars. It happens, but I DO NOT like it, regardless whether the civilians are killed by Israelis, Americans, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc. Right now about a half million Lebanese have become refugees. That is inexcusable. It is also inexcusable that Hezbollah refuses to withdraw, and also refuses to return the Israeli soldier and refuses to stop firing rockets into Israel.

Lebanon has ignored the crisis that was building and it has done so since the UN Resolution two years back. They have refused to search out and stop the terrorist faction in Lebanon. I am very saddened by the deaths of so many people, and I have said so to the Israeli government. I am now composing an e-mail to my own government requesting that they get off their arses and work hard for a cease fire. If I knew how to write the Lebanese government, I would make a similar request of them. (Hezbollah can go eff themselves. They deserve no decency because they have none.)