Exactly. On a border between 2 sets of deadly enemies, there is always provocation, as McGrath says. Hell, we could have had a hundred full-scale renewals of the Korean War by now. The reason we haven't is, both governments decided not to do that. A sensible decision on their part, I'd say.

Israel was looking for an excuse to go into Lebanon, and it never takes long to find one. The USA is looking for excuses to attack Iran too....or at least they were. It's getting harder and harder to do that now, given the public's disillusionment with the failed war in Iraq.