Is this preperatory to the IDF taking over the airport?
CNN just mentioned this, but now they are rolling into Larry King. (eyes rolling)
Why not show CNN international???
I don't think anyone (except terrorists perhaps) wants an all out war right now. Perhaps Israel is just dealing a few stings to put pressure on. But then, who knows.
It's probably just "collective punishment" /sarcasm.
Taking out the Runways means no commercial flights in or out. Bad for the Lebanese economy, bad for Lebanon which must suffer the consequences of allowing Hezbullah to launch attacks from its soil. Militarily justified by helping to cut off military supplies, and economic conflict is part of war.
Lebanon was warned about this by the United Nations Security Council, but the Bush administration, by Chirac and Blair and the EU - and of course Lebanon should have known better given the history of Hezbullah, yet Lebanon allowed Hezbullah the freedom to attack anyway.
It cannot go unanswered.