[kingu]

Unmentioned, of course, is the lack of any consideration of a valid military target in the attack. Were Israel to target wholesale residential towns, the media would be out there condemning the actions immediately. But no such critical viewpoints exist among the vast majority of the western press.

Deadly cycle of violence? Only one party is taking action to actually put that violence to an end.

[Enterprise]

The press, as usual, is too lazy to point out that rockets have been stockpiled in huge numbers by Hezbollah. It's not as if they have tanks and APCs, and a marching army. Since Hezbollah chooses to launch the rockets from homes and businesses, Israel has no choice but to target those sites. (On another post someone noted that the NYT printed an article in 2002 detailing Hezbollah's stockpiling of 10,000 rockets.) And (sarcasm here) the U.S. intelligence services have been caught off guard about the amount of rockets Hezbollah obtained.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The Katyushas sound like a good "terrorist" missile but little more, if, as stated, they can't be steered worth a hoot. The carnage in Israel has thankfully been very low in proportion to the number of missiles lobbed. A blind man could probably hit more people.