Israel contends the world has given it a green light

What goals. it says what you do to a brother you also do to me and they are supposed to be such christians. No one is granted a license to kill. they all can't see the forest because of the trees. they all need to open their eyes to the reality of what's happening there.

The scary thing is no one is doing anything to stop this insanity. Unfortunately israel has crossed a line that civilized nations should not cross. israel has become just as much of a terrorist as Hizbollah. Then again Israel is following the US lead here and is only doing this b/c the idiotic bush administration backs the country. Without the US backing Israel would have been condemned long ago. Oh wait it has been condemned by Russia, the EU, China, Iraq problem is the US is holding out and using Israel for it's own purposes and helping them to commit mass murder.

And lets us not forget the 1,500 Hezbollah rockets that were "mistakenly" fired into Israel and have done absolutely ZERO damage. I guess if you are uncivilized you can do whatever you want. On that I do agree with you Kelly, Hezbollah is not civilized in the least.

What is it going to be possible for this to stop?

Israel took out a Lebanese radar station early in the fight because it was used to help hit that ship with the anti-ship missile.
They estimate that probably 30-40 percent of the Lebanese military would support Hezbollah if it came down to that. The leader of Lebanon said he would have his Army fight Israel anyway, so if they shoot, they're going to get shot back at.
I'll bet before this is over that there are going to be people that wish they had left when they had the chance too. A large number of foreigners, like 10,000 Americans for one, were expecting a cease fire and wouldn't leave.

This thread is pretty biased. If the slant on every action taken by Israel is negative then only those who agree with you are going to post. I laugh at terms like "mass murder" etc because lets face it, these two nations have been at war for decades. This is not murder, its called "casualties of war". I am not supporting the killing of civilians or innocent bystanders, just presenting the fact that shit happens in wars. Strategic bombing is what the Israelis have been doing which of course means that the infrastructure has been impacted. If civilians remain in the area after being warned, then tough. It's sad but its also really stupid. Anyone who would stay through such warnings is deliberately risking bodily harm and death as has happened. I feel sorry for families who are impacted by the decision of the head of the household to remain. They are the real innocents in this.

As for Bush backing, get your facts straight. The US has been pro-israel long for a long time and the Bush administration are picking up where other administrations have left off. I don't like Bush, but this is an American stance not peculiar to the bush adminstration. There are a lot of zionists in the United States.

EU is anti GOD ALLTHE WAY ! CHINA IS COMMUNIST! WHO CARES WHAT THEY THINK! HIZBALLAH is a major fraction of LEBANON if they would clean up their own TRASH so the rats would stop attacking ISRAIEL then they(ISRAIEL) wouldn't even be over there exterminating. Innocent lives if you have a rat problem you call the exterminator and your last concern is anything else that associates with the rats that dies as a result ISRAIEL is tired of getting crapped on and so far I don't think they have done anything I wouldn't do. bye the way why are we in IRAQ when NORTH KOREA is test firing nukes IRAN is making nukes and both are hell bent on the destruction of AMERICA and why does ISRAIEL, and LEBANON seem to be the main topic of every conversation ? Is it considered the only, or the biggest problem in the world or what???

Hi Claude, I join you in lamenting the fact that innocent civilians are being killed, on both sides of the border. I am sorry that so many lives are being disrupted for no good reason except that Hezbollah decided to kill eight Israeli soldiers and kidnap two more. It was an unprovoked attack and, without being too much of a cynic, it has certainly taken the media off Iran's nuclear program. I wish the Hezbollah would come out and fight the IDF, like men, not hiding behind the skirts and bodies of innocent women and children; firing mobile rocket launchers from within villages, knowing that IDF fire will be returned on top of that village, is despicable. The IDF may have fired the rounds, but Hezbollah killed the people just as surely as if they gathered them up in the town square and executed them. Let's put the blame where the blame lies...with Hezbollah.