[WarSlut]

They are pulling out all the stops because we are doing something very right.

I disagree. Not with the fact that we're doing something very right, but with the idea that they're pulling out all the stops because of anything we're doing.

The way I see it, they're not pulling out all the stops at all. They're just doing the only thing they know: committing acts of unspeakable evil. We're fighting soul-less demons who have never, and will never, know any bounds.

Pulling out all the stops in this conflict can only be defined as launching a chemical or biological attack. Everything else is par for the course for these monsters.

As far as going nuclear, and the international political implications... it's that very consideration that could force our hand. Our capitulation to the sensibilites of already hostile nations in fighting this war has, and will continue to, make us unnecessarily vulnerable.

[so_real]

I disagree. Not with the fact that we're doing something very right, but with the idea that they're pulling out all the stops because of anything we're doing.

I stand corrected and agree with you. But I still cannot see us going nuclear -- if only due to the cost considerations and the repercussions to, say, Israel or Lebanon.