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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
We can agree to disagree, I think that there is a difference between "deserve" as in they deserve to die and asserting that there are consequences for their behaviour, passive and active. Death is the most extreme consequence. It's also the most indiscriminate. Which is unfortunate. What is also unfortunate is that in the last 25 years, Syria and portions of the Lebanese people (including leaders of certain powerful factions) and Iran have declined the possibilities to seek out long term peaceful strategies for their region and the more produtive governance of their lands. Now, that 25 years of making a choice to acquire and stockpile better and more arms, and create and foster larger, more aggressive and better armed paramilitary/terrorist groups within their borders, all for the singular purpose of aggressive action towards Israel, there are some consequences coming to bear.

Yes, there are. The point I was making with the original post is that the consequences aren't going to benefit anyone, in the main. Specifically, many of those consequences are being borne by Lebanese who did not do the things you describe.