[thomaswest]

Re 245: If the faith of a people leads them to have bloody thirsty beliefs, secular "balance" is pretty useless. Was your comment directed toward Israel or terrorists in Hizbollah?

There seem to me to be fundamentalist factions on both sides. Each claiming to know "the will of God/Allah".

Just curious.

[GoLightly]

Was your comment directed toward Israel or terrorists in Hizbollah?

Neither.

There seem to me to be fundamentalist factions on both sides. Each claiming to know "the will of God/Allah".

I agree, there are "fundamentalist" factions on both sides, just as there are "secular" factions on both sides.