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Or if that fails your litmus test than take a hard look at how the Israelis deal with terror when their backs are pushed to the wall.



Oh yeah, that sure as hell is going miles to win the hearts and minds of the Arab world, as the Administration is keen to point out to us. To date, 11 Hezbollah killed, 375 or so Lebanese casualties (not counted by Israel as Hezbollah), and several Billion in damage to the infrastructure of Lebanon, a country with a freely elected Democratic government, the type we are supposed to be bolstering. OH, and the good part, before the war, Hezbollah had a thriving public works group which built up a TON of positive sentiment amongst the local populace in southern Lebanon, by founding hospitals, helping fix up homes, etc...., and they have pledged to return after the fighting and rebuild Lebanon. It will not matter one iota to the locals if the money to do this rebuilding comes from Tehran or a neighborhood in South Beirut, to them, they will see it as Hezbollah looking out for their interests in return for loyalty, versus the Israelis wiping out their homes and livelihood, regardless of the whether the mission is right or not. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict how many more suicide bombers we've just created, and for us to say no cease fire until Hezbollah is defeated seals our fate as a collaborator of Israel, not a neutral force of peace in the Mideast! The only way Hezbollah will be "defeated", is by the IDF chasing them into Syria, and even then, they will just bide their time and return. What if Israel decides that they can't trust an international force to defend their border, and decide to pursue Hezbollah into Syria? Do you suppose our "allies" in the region will continue sitting idly by, further infuriating their populations?