I'm struck at the relatively simple grouping, saying that Hezbollah and Israel are equally guilty just doesn't strike me as accurate.
Exactly what must Israel do to be removed from such scathing criticism (aside from having better PR)? If you have members of a militant religious extremist group kidnap two of your soldiers and kill a third, then proceed to rain rockets down on your civilian populations, how do you respond? A ground force, as mentioned before will result in high civilian casualties. An air strike has the benefit of being more selective and helps to isolate individual targets, still not the ideal but certainly better than other alternatives.
And, bear in mind, all this is being done while katyush rockets are crashing down in cities across the northern 20-30% of your country (bear in mind that this also has a high population concentration as well). Both Israel and Lebanon have small land areas, war there is quite different than what most of us in Europe and America can imagine.
Without a doubt there were critical early steps that could have been taken to avoid the conflict that exists now. But for those critical of Israel, what would you do differently over the past 3 weeks?
Tiens,
Theus
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