July 18, 2006:

Today Israel bombed a Lebanese Army post, killing Lebanese soldiers who were not involved in this conflict. Meanwhile, Israel asks why Lebanon does not send it's military to fight Hezbollah? They used this same strategy with the Palestinian Authority; destroying their infrastructure, bombing their headquarters, disarming them, and then complains that the P.A. has not done anything to stop Hamas.

Also, all the media reports citing that the Hezbollah rockets are being supplied by Iran are an obvious attempt to link Iran as the mastermind behind al this. While this may very well be true, think for a moment how the Palestinians and Lebanese feel being bombed by fighter planes, missiles and arms provided to Israel by the United States? Right or wrong, these perceptions cut both ways.

By the way, read this great article that captures the region in a nutshell.