The only disproportionate thing abt this war is that if we used the might of the IAF we wud probably win the war but lose public opinion and many innocent civilians lives as well ..this is a Nation fighting a group of terrorists who are sitting amongst innocents and waging war against us...since we do not believe in killing people but rather trying 2 defend ourselves against those who are trying to kill us - we cannot go in GUNG HO and kill everything in sight..that wud probably/definately put an end to Hizbollah..but it aint going to happen, and I am not suggesting here that it shud!!. Can u imagine if a radical group of Israelis decided to send rockets in Southern Lebanon on poor civilians who were farming their lands and getting on with their lives..if they went and kidnapped a few civilians and held them captive and just kept bombing continuously day and nite...CNN/BBC wud have a field day..!! U see it doesnt matter what we do - even when we dont instigate the behaviour, we are to blame, and if we instigate the behaviour we are also to blame..so for Israel its always a NO Win situation whatever we do.!.

Tell Bush to piss off, he announced that hez-bull-ah was going to be destroyed. Any cease fire without armed multinational troops taking all hez-bull-uh weapons and the return of the soldiers, would make this a rally for the terrorist scum. War sucks, but this is win now or they may nuke Israel later.

your IOF, Olmert, Peretz, KADIMA, AHORA AND LABOR. This is all what I and billions are seeing.

Bush is Israels best ally I wouldnt knock him if I were you.

" 'Your incompetence will kill us', this sentence is frequently being heard by Israelis in touch with officials at the White House." Now there's a laugher. That is being said by the Bush administration folks who are bringing us the fiasco in Iraq! Israel would do well to let the White House advice go in one ear and out the other. That group in Washington has messed up everything they have touched. The only good thing they have done in this Hezbollah-Hamas war is to stay out of it and let Israel run its own show. Be careful of Bush and the Bush administration advisors. They are good at drawing road maps for the Middle East, but they don't know how to drive!

SO SICK OF PEOPLE WHO DONT LIVE THERE, PRESSING ISRAEL TO FIGHT

A failed government Is escaping forwards. When nothing Is being achieved - Soldiers are sent To seize territory. There is no military solution!

From what I have heard, the US has killed Al Quaida leaders in Iraq (more than one!) and has found evidence of WMDs. Of course, many ignore these findings. These are the same ones who fall for Hezbollah propaganda and televise it at Israel's expense. A ceasefire cannot last with terrorists who hide behind civilians. Afterall, wasn't Israel following the rules of the previous agreement when they were attacked? What is the solution?

Stop? what did Israel make except kiling civilians, and detroying bridges. Israel Lost ..by all means. And resistance won

i remember the first speach of Nasrallah , when he declared an open war, he said to the israelis "at end you will discover how stupid and dumb your goverment is",, so now i read back and look at the first goals of the war , and after 3 weeks israel havent achieved much if not nothing, the situtaion is the same, lebanon is destroyed, civilian are killed " mostly lebanese by very smart bombs" as smart as Olmert,,,,, other israelis also killed, losses of both side of the border, and what?? soldiers will exchanged by prisoners, more UN forces will be in,, but who will disarm Hizbullah? no one.. isnt that sad? that again and again Nasrralah proves to be more honest than an israeli PM and for sure smarter.. by the way if was israelis PM i would offer to pay for the destruction in Lebanon and ask for forgeviness cuz Iran is steping in and promesing Billion of dollares so figure out how would a poor lebanese feel, Israel destroys, and killss us, Hizballah defends us and Iran pay for rebuliding, very good way to win heart and mind of your neighbors. do u really plan to be there for ever? if the answer is yes, and i am sure is yes , u have to stop one moment and rethink u may have to change your tactic and lower your hate for arab, and give something. do it for your own sake, israelis you are walking in selfdestruction way..

I QUOTE YOU: "Can u imagine if a radical group of Israelis decided to send rockets in Southern Lebanon on poor civilians who were farming their lands and getting on with their lives..if they went and kidnapped a few civilians and held them captive and just kept bombing continuously day and nite" Dear friend, this is exactly what was happening since 1948 until this same moment...Israel has not stopped its terror on Lebanon!!! Even before the paletineans came to Lebanon Israel was terrorizing lebanon and the lebanese Day and Nite...I can supply you with incindents and proofs that ISrael was a worst scenario than the ne you are proposing!

The rest of the world will never understand why Israel was so entertained by this farce.

The problem with you and this war is that you think that Hezbollah is a stranger on this land. WRONG! People here in Lebanon and specificly Shiites in South support Hezbollah very highly. I am speaking about at least 35% of Lebanon population (not to mention the support from Non Shiites). It is almost impossible to eradicate or even weaken Hezbollah!! The best solution is an immediate Cease-Fire. During the past 6 years, there was complete calmness and peace on our South and your north!! Who is the responsible for rockets flling on your heads??? YOUR army which kills our civilians is forcing us to retaliate!! When Israel stops the war, Hezbollah will stop too. The past two days were a good example, though your government did not abode completely by the ceasefire

To #9,Hishman, You people are absolutely incredible! RESISTANCE TO WHAT? Its like the muslims dont have a life if they're not fighting or resisting against someone or something. Why dont they put their money and energy into making their lives better instead of blaming israel for their miserableness? Israel pulled completely out of lebanon 6 yrs ago , the U.N. and int'l community agreed that they pulled out, so can someone please tell me what they are resisting? There was an agreement and all the arabs had to do was obey it like israel did, and there would have been no outbreak of war now. Think about it. Take responsibility for yourselves and your lives and stop blaming israel and the jews for all your shit.

is us not US

I agree Debbie..are you a Bible reader by any chance?

I apologise if i upset u..I was merely referring to the present situationno the past ones..u said urself that there was peace for 6 years..things were getting back to normal in Lebanon...why the need for Hizbollah to get involved with a problem that really has nothing to do with them? So if Israel screwed up so too did the Lebanon, lets be honest, no one is perfect here. Lets not talk abt history ALI lets talk abt the future, where u want ur kids to run in the fields playing and laughing, i want the same for my children. I dont want to be blamed for the past mistakes of my government as u dont want to be blamed for the cowardness of yours..lets face it Ali if u had people with vision in Lebanon, not terrorists trying to run ur lives, but people with vision maybe then things wud look different. We are not to blame for all that ails in Lebanon remember that..there are other factors that have their fingers in the cake.

We are all God's children. Why can't we play nice.

i think israel will loose this war at the end ,first you gained much haterd in the world both arabic and islamic and the whole world . hizbollah will strike back ow or near future ,israel will never from now in will be in peace as it was befor ,terror against you inside israel or abraod will increase from all the factions ,al-qaeda and all palastenians amd lebaneese . you should exert pressure to end this mad war against civilians and children . i think this will be the end of sate of israel because of the aggression .

Human thought transcends into reality. You consciously think to let go of hate and stop the violence and it happens. When enough individuals believe this, there will be a tipping point in the consciousness of all people involved in this violence, which will lead to the path to peace. The past does not equal the future.... this means, stop looking to the past for a reasons to hate and look forward into the future of peace. By shifting your perception it will form your ultimate reality. Visualise yourselves living in peace, and the path will be shown to you.

"Although the main solution is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage an immediate ceasefire must be implemented," Ahmadinejad said, according to state-run television in a report posted on its Web site. Isn't that a totally new tone? He's not anymore talking about destroying Israel but about "Regime Change"!!! Who was the one to make him afraid?

War doesn't work! It all backfired. Stop listening to Bush! It'll all end in tears.

This is the kind of person that israel needs to build peace in the region! nobody is an angle here israel has it's parts of responsabilities and hizbullah too ! but in this case two SOLDIERS has been kidnaped or whatever! why bomb the civils in lebanon bomb the military base kidnap soldiers ect... or exgenge soliers israel has over 1000 hizbullah soldiers .. they are prisonned without trial .... anyway. i respect you peace from israel Think about the future sharon olmert nasrallah people who run hamas will be dead. it's your children who will suffer. I am sure that the majority of palastinians israel wants peace except the extremist who lives in both sides. One more thing scrap the religion and everybody will live in peace