The Lebanese want the war to end!

I saw a little Lebanese girl on the news tonight who said she did not want to flee any further north to get away from the Israeli offensive. She said that she just wanted the war to end. Maybe if the Lebanese really, truly get sick and tired of this state of affairs, they will elect moderates who do not continually invite Israel's wrath. I think that the Israeli strategy may be the correct one.

Although the Lebanese are all now claiming to be supportive of Hizballah, I doubt that they will be willing to go through this type of bombardment a second time, very soon. The UN is powerless to really help the Lebanese at this point. I think that Europe is actually going along with Israel's intent to cripple Hizballah before they send in peacekeeping troops.

The Lebanese are so proud of Hizballah standing up to Israel and they are suffering the consequences of that support. It's like my dog at the dog park. He's small and he stirs up shit with the bigger dogs and when the bigger dogs go after him he runs between my legs. I am like the UN. I pick him up and he lives to fight another day. What did he learn? He learned that he can still pick on bigger dogs and live, but maybe one day I am busy, my back is turned, and I don't rescue him and he has to suffer the consequences of his actions. He's not going to like it, and he may be killed, but if he lives he may not pick on bigger dogs ever again.

It's very easy for the Muslims in other countries to be supportive of factions and militias that stand up to the US and israel, because the Muslims in other countries do not have to suffer the consequences and the death and destruction that result from such behavior. If you are in your apartment in France you don't have to worry about Israeli bombs. It's really not your business how much of a bad ass Hizballah is. You can't live vicariously through Lebanese children. So if the Muslims really care about their people in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon, they should encourage their brethren not to attack Israel or engage in sectarian violence. That's the only way to lasting peace.