According to the recognized Rules of War, Hezzbollah is bringing the violence to the Lebanese populace and Israel is within its rights to bomb the living cr*p out of any areas from which the Hezzies are staging attacks. Arguments for "proportional responses" are best left to historians. Oh, and it's a good idea if those are YOUR historians, since if they are not it usually indicates that your side lost.
True. But then there's the re-writing of history that the leftist are so good at, win or lose.