Here's an interesting thought that won't have occurred to you. My despair at this situation is that Israel is doing this stupid shit that will make Israel's position worse. Above and beyond the stupid loss of innocent life on both sides - and I really am going to get pissed off at the normal "condemn the terrorists more" bullshit - this invasion and the behaviour of the Israeli state has made it less and less likely that any of the conflicts in the area will be resolved. I expect the "western democracy" in the area to act as the grown-ups not as children throwing a tantrum.

Almost everyone on this site is pro-Israeli and pro-American. Oh, and pro-Lebanon and pro-Iran. It's the leaders of those countries that seem to be on the other side.