Here are the statistics. This 33 days of war left 1140 dead (427 are under 18), 3630 wounded, 973,000 refugees, 11 billion dollars of damage, 30 vital constructions destroyed (airports, sea ports, power stations, ...), 33 gas stations destroyed, 630 Km of roads damaged, 145 bridges smashed to the ground, 7000 apartments gone, 9000 institutions (factories, shopping malls, shops, farms, etc...) burned down.
You consider this to be the actions of a civilized people?
As for the infrastructure damage, of course the Israeli's are going to try to destroy the supply lines for the delivery of more arms to their enemies. If the people of Lebanon want peace, they can expel Hezbollah and then they will have peace. If Hezbollah remains, Lebanon will never be at peace.
Most Americans believe that state terrorism is perfectly acceptable, such is their fidelity to Holy Mother State.
You consider this to be the actions of a civilized people?
No reasonable person considers Hizbollah to be civilized, nor should we consider apologists for Hizbollah to be civilized. They sow death and oppression wherever they go. By using the weak to shield themselves from justice, Hezbollah has made it impossible to distinguish the evil from the innocent. Hezbollah has chosen to start the war, Hezbollah has chosen to maximize the casualties, Hezbollah has chosen the field of battle, and Hezbollah has chosen to endanger the innocent. Remove Hezbollah and there would be no war, no casualties, no devestated battlefeilds, and no violent deaths.
Dear NYer,
"Here are the statistics. This 33 days of war left 1140 dead (427 are under 18), 3630 wounded, 973,000 refugees, 11 billion dollars of damage, 30 vital constructions destroyed (airports, sea ports, power stations, ...), 33 gas stations destroyed, 630 Km of roads damaged, 145 bridges smashed to the ground, 7000 apartments gone, 9000 institutions (factories, shopping malls, shops, farms, etc...) burned down.
"You consider this to be the actions of a civilized people?"
In that it is the Israelis who caused this destruction while fighting for their nation's existence against terrorists who randomly fire missiles in order to murder Jews, your question implies that perhaps you don't think the Israelis are civilized.
Is that true? Do you view the Israelis as not civilized?
sitetest
"You consider this to be the actions of a civilized people?"
Yes.
I consider the damage to be exactly, and directly the the result of and caused by the Hezbolla attacks on Israel, a very "civilized people".
Everyone in Lebanon knew that Hezbolla was getting missiles from Syria and Iran and intendend to use them against Israel.
Every village with a Hezbolla presence in Southern Lebanon knew they were creating concrete reinforced bukers 12o feet and more below ground, in preparation for war.
Elders in the village of Qana knew that the building that collapsed there had been built intentionally by Hezbolla on top of an ammunition storage depot.
Everyone in Beruit knew: (1)Hezbolla built its military infrastructure in among the civilian population, (2)Hezbolla mounted its offensive operations from those civilian locations and (3)Hezbolla hid behind the women, children, homes, schools, Mosques in the civilian population, requiring that civilian deaths would be necessary in order to attack Hezbolla.
Everyone in Lebanon knew that before and during the Hezbolla attacks that Syria and Iran needed the roads, bridges and airports of Lebanon to continue shipping the missiles to Hezbolla.
Hezbolla initiated aggression against Israel. Hezbolla used Lebanon and the Lebanese people, intentionally seeking the deaths of Lebanese civilians as "martyrs" to its cause.
Hezbolla is led by gouls and when it attacked a civilized people those people responded to Hezbolla's attacks in a manner that corresponded to how Hezbolla operated, which all Lebanese people understood.
The victims in Lebanon are ALL victims of Hezbolla and its decision to make war.