Its war by any other name

"Sami Moubayed

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war." Olmert is correct. This is war. It has been war, non-stop, since 1948. What is happening in Lebanon today is yet another chapter of bloody Middle East events that will last for generations to come, because it is impossible, after so many years of conflict, for the Israelis and Arabs to forgive and forget.

In this week's events in Lebanon, the one set of parties, which include Syria, the Palestinians, Iran, Arab nationalists in the Middle East and North Africa, along with jihadi Muslims in the Muslim World, believe that escalation is the only solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

They claim that the Arabs tried to talk peace with the Israelis after the Palestinians signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1993, and ended up with nothing. They say that war is correct, justified morally, politically and religiously.

To them, it is legitimate self-defense. They back this argument by saying that Israel still controls the Sheba Farms, which are part of Lebanon, and still has Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. Also, they add that the Israeli tank destroyed by Hezbollah, and the soldiers captured and killed on July 12, had trespassed into Lebanon's side of the border with Israel."

Much more:
http://www.mideastviews.com/articleview.php?art=146

All in all I find this the most informative analysis I've seen so far. Found it at very informative blog SyriaComment, which I warmly recommend:
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/index.html

That is what the article claims Hezbollah saying. On hypothetical possibility is that the incident happened on the Sheba farms, in which case both sides would be "right" from their point of view.

"Hizbollah had presumed Israelis would cross into Lebanon after the capture of the two soldiers and they blew up the first Israeli Merkava tank when it was only 35 feet inside the country."

http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=540610

I agree that it's holding up well.