But I think that there are far fewer hard-liners, on either side of the issue, then what the responses within threads seem to suggest.

When I came to DU I thought that Israel was far more innocent then I do now. Now I see a whole lot of gray. I think that is how the majority of posters feel, of course with many shades of gray. But it seems as though the discussions degenerate into people assuming that they other person holds one side completely innocent and the other totally culpable, which usually isn't true of the person who is being accused of that.

There may be a handful of posters who believe that Israel is completely innocent. There may be a handful who believe that Israel is completely culpable. I truly doubt, though, that any here believe that H'zbollah or Hamas are wonderful organizations.

I could be wrong, but I think that most of us see the horror that is happening in the ME in shades of gray as to who is the bad guy and we just want the killing to stop.