Freda you responded to my question:

Yes, robo, as I have stated previously, I support the 1967 borders defining Israel and Israel's right to defend them, but as far as I am aware those borders do not extend into Lebanon.

I wanted to thank you for the straightforward answer, unlike so many Guest, dan/danny/another guy/thisotherguy/thatotherguy/ who are love bombing us with their diatribes solely on one side.

The more I hear, the more I back Israel's overall response. Hezbollah has huge depots of rockets which so far have been used by the hundreds against Israeli civilians. The Lebanese army was not in possession of Lebanese territory, ergo, is it really Lebanese territory? The UN chose to site itself where Hezbollah fighters could utilize it for their own positions. They said so themselves. I wonder if they have asked for positions on Israeli territory or are observing the hits being made on Haifa.

Israel did not initiate this but they seem to be making the decision that an over-response will make the events memorable enough in Arab eyes to pre-discourage Arab governments from benign indifference to terrorists within their borders. I think it's rational and I hope it works.

There are some New Yorker articles that a friend posted me, written back in '02. They indicate that Hezbollah has been long range planning anti-Israel and anti-semitic campaigns for a long time.

So, while Israel is waging a pretty hard attack on supposedly civilian areas as well as Hezbollah centers, a lot of those civilian areas contain Hezbollah relatives and tolerant neighbors.

When protestors are so one-sided as to call on Israel alone to cease fire, they lose all credibility.