kmusser

This has gone beyond tactical...Israel wants to show Hezbollah that it is still willing to fight and to defend itself. That withdrawing from Southern Lebanon does not mean that Hezbollah can come back in and stockpile arms and kidnap soldiers. From Israel's perspective, it did the things that others said was necessary for peace...the number one thing now is to let the arab people (and Persian I might add) know that Israel intends to survive, that an israeli life is worth more than a lebanese life, that Hezbollah will not be allowed to have a victory. Have you heard Hezbollah say they want peace? Have you heard them acknowledge the existance of Isarael? Thats the first step in all this...because the core problem in the middle east, or at least what everyone says is the core problem is the existance of Israel and its survival. I have said it before and I will say it again, a good bloodletting is what the Middle East needs now and again...