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speed said:But Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, not a sovereign state. Thats the difference. Their (Hezbollah) actions are already violent, cowardly, without regard to human life, and illegal; whereas Israel is supposedly a western-style democracy, with all of the legal guarentees and rights, geopolitical and diplomatic requirements of a State.
Then who is going to confront Hezbollah? The Lebanese Army will not and cannot do it. I agree that we should not allow Israel to justify their actions in regards to warfare by pointing out what Hezbollah is doing. However, Hezbollah's actions brought this result upon Lebanon. Hezbollah will not "come out and fight", that isn't how they operate. Does this mean that Israel should confront them with both hands tied behind their backs and simply duck the incoming missiles and scream curses at the northern hills? Of course not. Israel should take all precaution to limit the chance of civilian casualties. I don't know if they have or not, but war cannot be sanitized. War is war, and people always die, and the majority are those are civilians. Just a sad commentary on war itself.