Alot of posters forget that innocent civilians are dying in this madness. Hezbollah is wrong, the Israeli gov't is wrong.

I don't care who started what, that is completely irrelevant.

The more civilians who get killed the more the hatred is strengthened. The mideast is in a death spiral that no-one seems to be able to arrest.

If it were only Israeli soldiers or Hezbollah fighters that were dying that would be in and of itself be tragic, but the civilian deaths, of which BOTH sides are culpable, make this an atrocity beyond measure.

The wanton destruction of homes, farms, and other civilian infrastructure is nothing less than a crime against every compassionate human being.

Will it stop?

Unfortunately I do not see that possibility as long as the people with the power continue to act like barbarians.

My heart goes out to the innocent Israeli, Lebanese, and Palestinian civilians who want nothing more than to live their lives out in peace.

A peace which they have been denied through no fault of their own.

One final thought. On the responsibility that the United States has in all this.

My tax dollars support ideals which I do not. The selling of armaments to Pakistan, to Israel, to untold other countries. I sincerely wish the UN were a strong enough organization to ban ALL arms transfers between countries. Dealing in death is not my idea of how the US should be.


Monies spent on medical assistance, infrastructure repair, food, etc are great and noble causes but the selling of one bullet is one bullet too many.