Hizballah represent part of the shiite muslims population, it DOES NOT represent the christians and the others. It is dragging us to war that we don't support. It is time for the Lebanese army to take control of the south.

We are with you Israel. Those killers want to "meet Allah", so let us grant their wishes. Drive on to Damascus if need be. Long live Israel & the IDF. Militant Islam is the scourge of our times & must be destroyed.

The Capital of Israel (Jerusalm) was not hit. 3 soldiers where kidnaped thats why this is happening, No ship was sunk, it was hit and there is damage. Nothing more Friend. I'll keep you upto date from time to time since your having trouble getting real news, CHEERS.

Let's keep this in perspective at this point there have been relatively few casulalties on all sides. I was in the yom kippur war in 73 and we lost 3000 people in three weeks the equlivant to the US loseing 250000 soldiers.

Reading the ARAB TALKBACKS I see Roaring tigers, flexing musles, promises for attacks etc... Guys, it seems that pride is more important to you than human lives. If I was living in Liban I would have been very angry of the Huzbala

Isreal and/or the USA can annilate the entire mideast anytime they want to, with or without WMD's--the only weakness is the foolish self-restraint of polical correctness. The opposition is pathetic, and wrong to use terrorism to continue their evil, theocratic fascism.

You call us the bully when all we do is deffend ourselfs after being punched in the face. I hope your not a parent. One more thing we are in our place thank you. Dont you love the love going around the world??

I am the one you hear laughing. There is no god. Isreal will destroy Hizbullah of course. The uneducated masses that constitute the populations and armies of the muslim world have so far proven to be pathetic whining dogs when it comes to a straight up fight. They may even take some land from Lebanon in the process, as a price for their tolerance of terrorists in their midst. Those prisoners that are wanted so badly should probably be given back by Isreal to those who want them. Dropped from planes at about 10,000 ft. with no parachutes. You want war in all its sickening glory? You got it.

The Jew vs. Muslem war that Israel has started will soon spread to other countries where Jews and Moslems live. No Jew will be safe in any country thanks to the stupidity of the Israeli government. Trade your prisoners for theirs and stop this madness before it is too late.

The capture of the 2 soldiers only precipitated the war. Syria and Irans prodding of the Hamas and Hizbollah into launching missles into Israel is the reason. On top of that several UN resolutions are being ignored like usual. Please folks, get the facts straight and quit blaming Isreal for all the Arab woes. This conflict wont stop until the Arab world recognizes Israels right to exist.

what do you say to your own army witch it srikes killed mor than 10 childern in lebanon your army is more cowerd than any one they did not any hezbullah gorilla untill now they killed only 70 un armed humens and oh one last thing LONG LIVE PALESTINE i dare you to put thise one

Dude, HOW is it that killing innocent women and children on buses, in malls, at coffee shops is OK? "religion of peace?" my arse. Islam is the religion of intolerance. These are the same sort of radicals that did the MArine barracks bombing in 1982, the WTC in 93 & on 9/11, amog others. Have you lost your mind? I hope Israel just Nukes Mecca out of spite.

After listening to National Public Radio all day (NPR), I feel dirty. I know there is more going on than Lebanese civilians in hospitals. Be strong, Israel. You will prevail!

clinton sent sec of st for ten day of diplomacy when this happened 1996 Bush will just watch oil go up in price!

Are you willing to find out just "how badly beaten" the US Army is? To think the US military's loss of 2,500 soldiers means we are beaten only shows how you profoundly underestimate the US military might. Believe me, the US Army even now can take on Iran, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Cuba and Venenzuala and North Korea with 3/4of its volunteers on vacation. You went wrong when you went Islam.

You know nothing about Israel. If you were a true Christian, then you whould have known that your religion came out of Judaism and that before your "Christian Love" existed, the bible commanded the Jewish people to love each other., to be mercyfull and to do good deeds for each other. You obviously know nothing about Judaism, so don't go talking about your "Christian Love"! In times of war, though,and when Israel's very existence is being challenged. what did you want them to be? love their enemies? let their enemies butcher them?If Christian love in your book means that you would call God's Chosen People "Bullies" then you must have misunderstood the principles of your own religion. Also, The policy of your country is to fight terrorism and to fight for freedom. This is what Israel is doing as well. You should understand that as an American, I am truly surprised that there would be people like yourself in America. Your ignorance in this matter is revolting. Time to put Israel in their place? You got it all wrong,"Dione"

Innocent people of Gaza? ha ha ha!that's why they elected a terrorist organization as their government! the whole world knows that! Nothing against the Lebanese People, Israel is solely after the terrorist Hizbolla. Read on on this site, Lebanese people are thanking Israel for fighting those murderers! and who supplied the murderers with their weapons? you know very well whom. What's the difference where the weapons come from? All those terrorist organizations have their own suppliers. Everyone knows that. The Idiots are people like yourself and your terrorist brothers for thinking that you might have a chance of winning this. GOD BLESS THE LAND AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND ITS BRAVE ARMY!

DO YOU AGREE WITH THE ARAB MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS, (THEY TARGET CIVILIANS AND MAKE NO SECRET ABOUT IT)THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER? SELECTIVE MEMORY. I WOULD EXPECT BETTER FROM AN EX - U.S. MARINE!SHAME ON YOU!! usa

Oh yeah we are "facin such a strong hit back" last i saw your country is burning friend!!! be a proud and smart Lebanese and kick the terosist out and youll much more proud, i promise otherwise youll be putting out fires if there is anything left to put out.

Sadly, Jews and Arabs are part of the same problem... I suggest we wall off the whole middle east, put a roof on it, then come back in 100 years and appoint whoever's left king. Segments of both sides want peace, both segments of both sides want war.

Wanna bet? Just give the Hezbollah and the Palestinians the same weapons and you will see who will be crying and hiding and dressing like women!!!! The Hezbollah and the Palestinians have shown their strength to fight even with non high tech weapons and they will continue to fight until the Israeli give back their land and their freedom!!!!

#49, #51: "The IDF is all talk ...as history has shown, when it's faced with a determined resistance army, it just doesn't have what it needs to succeed." "Believe me Israel will lose this war, the power is not not everything, best sample is the US shit in Irak. The Amis would pull out from Irak asap but they can't." You don't understand. Up to now, the Israeli Zionists and post-Zionists have desperately wanted Arabs ("Palestinians") in Yesha and in all of Israel. The Pals, being Pals, have been bloodthirsty, as is their wont. In Iraq, the US is (probably foolishly) trying to get Arabs to be democrats. In both the Israeli and US cases, the countries have tried to get Arabs to be human beings. This is very difficult. But it is much, much easier to kill mass numbers of people, killing, for example, all the leaders with as many "civilians" as happen to be around, than it is to civilize Arabs. Both Israel and the US may fail in the difficult approach of civilizing the barbarians, but their firepower allows them to choose the easy approach of punitive destruction. #52: Dude, see above. The US hasn't been "beaten badly" by anyone. Rabin had not "achieved peace" at all. Indeed, Israel's real troubles began with Rabin, because only then did the weak Arabs actually think they could prevail.

"My sense is that most Americans (whose opinions matter) are angry at Isreal's government for such folly. I'm outraged and deeply saddened." Fortunately, Scott, you know absolutely nothing about American public opinion or you would know that in your left-wing bubble of Portland, those you chat with are utterly unrepresentative of the average American.

I hope Israel takes care of this hideous problem.

Greg, hold on a second! Look whose being dictatorial here. You as an American, have you ever heard about the First Amendment that includes -among many others- the freedom of speech? You can say what ever you want even if you are the biggest “terrorist” in your mind. Unless you act upon your ideas and physically harm others you have the right to say whatever you feel you want to. Of course you also have the right to say that you want to kick somebody out of your country. Yes you can say that out loud if you want to but not too loud because that might hurt the hearing of others. However if you act upon your words and physically kick out somebody from your country because of his/her speech that can be punishable by Law. Even if you just create an election about this matter, that is illegal since that is also considered a physical action against harming another because of his/her expressed opinion! So my friend, it is freedom of speech we should uphold, and I may also add freedom of opinion, too. I am also entitled to have my opinion and I have the right to express my opinion if I want to. My opinion about you and others like you is absolutely not positive and although I am Canadian but I also feel the shame about you being an American.

these radicals and their propaganda. Who are they actually talking to? If they knew we all laugh and make fun of their empty threats. they like to talk but they do nothing except die. So if u want to die take on israel and the us, we will accomadate.

"My sense is that most Americans (whose opinions matter) are angry at Isreal's government for such folly. I'm outraged and deeply saddened. " Your "sense" is broken. It's to be expected coming from Oregon, Liberal Country. You do not understand terrorists and terrorism, which the Hizbollah are and stands for. Terrorists understand only force. Now why would a thinking, logical, rational true American think that negotiations with terrorists has any chance of working? Especially since history proves it doesn't. That's the problem with the American Looney Left, they think most Americans think like them. Then they wonder why they lose everything they fight for. Then they cry conspiracy because how can it be that they would lose when "most" think like them. Israel needs to stop pussy-footing around and strike hard and true. Any hesitation or waivering by Israel will be construed by Hisbullah as a weakness to be exploited.

You can't hold back anything. Mass killings are the only thing that will work. If the bastards are sending rockets from populated areas, you have to hit them even though civilians will be killed. Do they send leaflets warning Israelis that they are sending rockets? War is war and they started it. Please. Show no mercy. The Arabs and Persians are Devils whose religion honors death. So let them have it. Big time.

It's time for Israel to nuke Syria :)

LETS ALL PRAY AND KEEP OUR FAITH IN HASHEM STRONG THIS SHABBAT, MAKE SURE THAT WE PRAY FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND OUR LEADERS, FOR HASHEM TO GIVE THEM STRENGTH TO BRING THEM THROUGH THIS. i have faith that with our prayers, we can not only get past this, but be victorious in the whole mideast crisis.