Reply #36: This is a vicious circle. [View All]

[breakaleg]

Didn't you say above that "a tremendous degree of effort is expended in arguing that because people were provoked in some way, then they absolutely had to respond in the manner they did."

I am not trying to take your words out of context. I'm simply saying that Israel chose to respond they way they did. Hezbollah may have provoked them, but they've provoked Israel many times without this result. And provocation alone does not absolve Israel for responsibility of it's actions. They invaded Lebanon, not the other way around. They inflicted far greater civilian and physical damage on Lebanon than the other way around.

I think it would be useless at this point to debate who we each believe started this war. There has been much debate over this issue and there appear to be two schools of thought, and we will likely not agree.