Reply #32: Kidnap? Capture? Abducted? Detained? Does it really matter? [View All]

[Violet_Crumble]

I don't really care what anyone wants to call it. The fact of the matter is that the provocation was done by Hezbollah when they mounted a cross-border raid. That most certainly doesn't mean I think Israel has been justified in everything it's done from that point on, in fact I think Israel has lost a lot of sympathy from being the wronged party when it indiscriminately targetted areas where it was clear there were civilians. And very little of what has happened since has been with the aim of getting the troops returned. - Israel's aim has been to destroy Hezbollah, though finding out (again) that Hezbollah are a lot more formidable than the Palestinians are, they have downgraded that to 'disarming Hezbollah'. And even if the provocation was on Israel's part, that wouldn't justify the deliberate attempts by Hezbollah to hit civilian areas in Israel....