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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I suspect that, caught up in that kind of conflict (which we are not, really), Israel has decided that the moral calculus has changed, and that survival must take precedence over conventional morality (which they will try to accomodate to the extent they can).
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I am sure you are right. But I just don't see a threat to Israel's survival at the start of the current hostilities.
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It seems to me that it is open to debate whether this will actually help Isreal in the long term, but they have clearly decided to seize on the opportunity/excuse provided by Hezbollah to try to radically change the conditions on the ground. This conflict is about so much more than the kidnapped soldiers, that the concept of "proportional response" makes no sense.
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Okay, so, in other words, you seem to be saying that you think that there is a military solution to the conflict in the Middle East. I am more than a bit surprised that you would think so.
