Yes, but the war never would have happened in the first place if Sharon was still in power or if Bibi had been elected
You could be right, but I'm not so sure about that. These rocket attacks and incursions by Hezbollah appear to be Iran's answer to the offer of economic aid and civilian nuclear power assistance if Iran stops uranium enrichment. It's no coincidence that these attacks started just a few days before the G8 meeting, which is the deadline set by the EU and US for a response from Iran. Iran's response certainly appears to be that Iran will cause a lot of trouble in the Middle East if the West starts to use economic or military force to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program.
I think Iran is testing the West here. Saddam tested the US and Great Britain and we passed that test and took out Saddam's regime, but at a higher cost in lives than we expected. Now Iran seems to be saying: "OK, you shut down Saddam's WMD programs, but can the West do that again?" They're testing us to see if the US and EU have the will to shut down another nuclear program. This is the first phase of the test. We had better have the will to stop them or we'll be in big trouble in about five years. I believe we have the will to stop Iran, and Bush is going to do so before he leaves office in 2009.
Everyone seen this on Haaretz?
12:29
IDF tells residents of south Lebanese town of Nabatiya to leave their
homes (Ch. 10)
Big town, 22 miles N of the Israel/Leb border, see map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/lebanon_pol_2002.jpg
