Get real. Bombing the airport was a wake-up call to the Lebanese for letting Hezbollah run loose in the country and, especially, in South Beirut around the airport. I doubt that Hezbollah was going to parade Israeli prisoners through Beirut International airport on a flight to Iran.
What's going on outside your window, Reb?
A buddy of mine is married to a Lebanese, and she says:
"Lebanon is weak and has been since the end of the civil war in 1991 and has NEVER been able to regain the autonomy it had pre-civil war, circa 1975. Lebanon is NOT a terrorist state. Hizbollah is a "terrorist" entity labelled as such by Israel when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. Hizbollah at the time was the Lebanese resistance, who had every right to defend themselves against an invading country. Now they have outlived thier original purpose and morphed into an organiztion funded by foreign governments who desire the total destructio of Israel. Israel is a terrorist state compared to Lebanon."
I don't even know where to begin with this. Any ideas?