>The reaction from Israel has perhaps been an overreaction but I don't have any sympathy for Hezbollah or its sponsors, Iran and Syria. As Jim Croce wrote in a song a long time ago, you don't tug on Superman's cape.

This is the substance. Screw the principles, international law, civilization as such. It's a matter of having the larger club in your hands.

> The Israelis were itching for a chance to settle some scores and Hezbollah handed it to them on a platter.

Hezbollah probably did so, because they thought it was about time for a showdown, and figuring they may have a large enough club. The children of those who died in Ramala have just grown up, and they see what's happening in Gaza. I figure they were fed up with all of it and decided to provoke Israel into what Israel was itching to do anyway.