Three years and two rockets into Northern Israel. Deterent has been good enough to prevent Hezbolah from attacking again. Infrastructure in Lebanon devestated. Why did Lebanon refrain from firing only one rocket into Israel in Cast Lead ? Maybe, the Lebanese people do not want to have anything to do with the IDF. Elections show that Hezbalah is actually loosing influence in Lebanon. All of this from loosing a war. We should keep loosing wras of this kind with these results. You so called Pundits have to realize might is right in the ME. Don't destroy Israel with your appeasements that lead only to defeats. See where it will take a full year to just remove the rubble in Hamastan. I would say that alone is a very good deterant. One missel last month into Israel with an appropriat response. Didn't happen for the eight years prior to Cast Lead

Haber, why are you protecting olmert? Winograd said he is incompetent in security matters. He was afraid of one drop of blood and that is why he hesitated on and off. He is an idle boaster with no conviction who weasled his way out of combat. IDF depends on counterattack and novel strategies and olmert primarily took that away from the idf notwithstanding halutz and peretz being fish out of the skies. And kaplinsky was muzzled by olmert. For what Olmert did, he should be marched to the gallows like saddam hussein. Now for you haber, one long war is better than gas chambers so stop whining. Your article is not bad but stop protecting olmert who will soon join zaken and matzi behind bars.

This moron claims that we started the 1956 war. What about the thousands of terrorist attacks from Gaza, or the blockade of Eilat or the closing of the Suez? This total article is a load of bullshit. We started the 2nd Lebanese War by what? Invading our land, murdering our soldiers, and firing rockets on our cities? None of these count? We have never started any war. Such a stupid lying idiot.

The date of the state's UN "creation" is an artificial symbol that puts the blame on the Jews for the unrest. Do not delude yourself or try to delude us: whatever few "Palestinians" were here when the Jews started their return to Israel FROM THE VERY START attacked in cold blood, no matter what overtures were made. The fact that so many "Palestinians" (read: Jordanians, Egyptians, Syrians, Lebanese) swarmed in and now lay claim to this land is proof of those overtures. Do the words "never again" mean ANYTHING to you, Mr. Jew-of-German-Descent?

Zionist land thieves and thugs will be defeated. No matter how long it takes.

So it is better to allow them to kidnap and kill our soldiers on a regular basis without reprecussions? It is better to allow them to fire rockets at us so we constantly live in a state of fear? You havent noticed the quite in the North? Yes, they are rearming and regrouping but they would be doing that in any case WHILE sending rockets and terror squads across the border. There needs to be deterrents

Eitan, Have you asked yourself whether deterrence ever worked for Lebanon? & now you think it will work with Iran? Wake up! maybe Sunni world believe in following leaders even if they are bad, but Shia Muslems thrive on martyrdom & do not value deterrence. So hear it well, bombing Iran will open a can of worms that will lead to the end of Israel for ever. My advice, learn to live with others rather than deter them.