"On July 12, in other words, Hizbullah fired the first shots. But that act of aggression was simply one instance in a long sequence of small incursions and attacks over the past six years by both sides. So why was the Israeli response so different from all that preceded it? The answer is that it was not a reaction to the events of that day. The assault had been planned for months."

Exactly, Freda.

This particular incident had nothing to do with Israel's invasion of Lebanon. That why I said that Israel didn't really care about the kidnapped soldiers. They were looking for an excuse and they got a surprise.

Hopefully it will make the U.S/Britain/Zionist military machinery to think twice about excalating this to include Syria and Iran.