Tom Friedman, an expert on the middle east, was on Meet The Press this morning. He quoted a pundit of the Democrats who had said about Iraq: It's all over but the killing. That fits the situation in Lebanon perfectly.
Israeli bombs killed 57 civilians, including 34 children, in one of the worst attacks of the 19 day war. Here's the story:
http://news.yahoo.com/...
Unfortunately nothing good can come of this tragedy. Friedman's quote is a picture of the reality in Iraq and Lebanon.
As I have written before, communication and diplomacy are the answer. Bombs and rockets only create more enemies and make more bombs and rockets inevitable.
No matter which side you take in this conflict, there can be no "winner." Everyone has already lost AND won.
Now is the perfect time for diplomatic efforts. Hezbollah can claim "victory" and say they fought Israel and ran them out of town. Israel has made their "point" by destroying the economic viability of Lebanon for decades showing the world the penalty for, in the words of Cartman, not respecting their "authorita"... For those who don't know, Cartman is a character in the cartoon: South Park. I thought a cartoon reference might be the spark that ignites conversation since a cartoon caused such an uproar a while ago.
Diplomacy now could allow both to save face and negotiate all the things these combatants ALWAYS negotiate after each of these "wars."
If it weren't so sad and tragic, it would almost be comical. There's an old joke about the "idiot" who keeps hitting himself in the head with a hammer because it feels so good when he stops.
We can all hope the "warriors" in this conflict stop hitting themselves with hammers before one of those hammers has a nuclear warhead on it.