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Interesting public discussions should come out of this. Questions should be asked like "should the Geneva convention be scrapped, since we're the only ones who abide by it?"

Questions like "since the enemy specifically targets our civilians, why should we be so concerned about theirs?", and "why, when the enemy hides among a "civilian" population which gives them aid and comfort and lets them store their rockets in the basement be a matter of concern to a civilized nation when it comes to collateral damage?"

Israel should have given warning for the Lebanese civilians to flee, and then destroyed every village and bunker south of the Litani with fuel-air explosives, the kind that reach right down into the bunkers and burn up the air in the terrorists lungs. In short, a genocidal action against Hezbollah.

The time has come to take off our self-imposed gloves and destroy these beasts.

"Interesting public discussions should come out of this. "

I agree there does need to be public debate and awareness about some of these issues.

"should the Geneva convention be scrapped, since we're the only ones who abide by it?"

The Geneva convention shouldn't be scrapped because they have protected our POW's in some cases, but only western countries seem to abide by them. The convention should stand, but our response and the world's response to a combatant failing to heed the convention needs to be examined. The world should really ban together against anyone failing to heed the convention, because that's an automatic uncivilized behavior.

"since the enemy specifically targets our civilians, why should we be so concerned about theirs?",

This one needs more care. You could make the case that Hezbullah wasn't hiding behind their own civilization but rather Lebanon's. Is the civilian population willing supporters of terrorists such as the Palestinians or are they a people held hostage like Iraq and Lebanon?

"why, when the enemy hides among a "civilian" population which gives them aid and comfort and lets them store their rockets in the basement be a matter of concern to a civilized nation when it comes to collateral damage?"

Valid point. So far, Israel and the U.S. don't seem to be too concerned about bombing civilian houses when they are used for the military. However we have precision munitions. But again the world outrage at such tactics of hiding behind civilians is not what it should be.

"In short, a genocidal action against Hezbollah."

You are drifting to the dark side. Against Hezbullah fighters or all populations whose leadership supports Hezbullah?