What Is Israel Doing?

Ok, I get that missiles raining down on your Northern border is a very very bad thing, and I'd be firing back without question, but ABC World News Tonight just reported that Israel is taking out food stores and grain silos. Combine that with the general targeting of the infrastructure of Lebanon and you've got a war against Lebanese civilians. C'mon, these people just got themselves out from under Syria's yoke; they're trying to distance themselves from those governments that directly support Hezbollah, but it's going to take time. All this devastation will turn out more recruits for Hezbollah and Hamas, and once again it will allow both Syria and Iran a battlefield in which to pump resources to further bloody Israel's nose.

And when President Bush spoke on the subject today, he did not urge Israel to show any restraint.

Listen, I'm not trying to defend Hezbollah. I think they would have gotten what they wanted long ago if they'd used Ghandi's playbook. But this firestorm erupted after Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah was looking for a prisoner exchange, something that's been done in the past. They took military men, not civilians. For Israel to go whole hog wild against civilian targets like food stores is unwarranted and will only fuel the anti-Israeli (and by extension the anti-American) fires already burning throughout the world.