What happened was that terrorists kidnapped Israeli citizens. The Israeli government demanded their return. The terrorists (who operate in places like Lebanon) refused to return the kidnapped Israeli's. Israel used legitimate force to deal with the terrorist (insufficent force in my opinion).
Yeah, bombing a whole country (a hitherto
secular Muslim democracy lest I add), including airports, roads, warehouses, schools, and completely destroying its entire infrastucture because of a small cell based in its southern regions is a VERY LEGITIMATE way of dealing with terrorism, and one that will not turn the entire population against the attacking country and thus pave the way for more future conflicts.
I mean, look. I once had an Israeli girlfriend. My initial country's history was marred by the Holocaust. I know what these people feel like. But there is defending yourself and then there's bombing the crap out of a country for virtually no reason whatsoever. I cast myself back to the IRA comparison I made earlier. If the British had bombed the living daylights out of Belfast back in the 70s or 80s, how do you think things would be now?
Oh, and insufficent?! What
should they have done? Nuke the place?
