Duke John, If you'll read my comments in this thread and elsewhere, 1) I agree that Israel's reaction is excessive and 2) of course I don't think the Lebanese civilians deserve what's happening to them.

There were civilians in Berlin, Hamburg, Nuremburg and every other major city we bombed (Dresden is a touchy subject so I'm purposely excluding it). Does that mean we were wrong to fight the Nazis?

I agree, it is clear that Israel is not doing a very job at avoiding civilian casualties. But your suggestion, that Israel just roll over the border and occupy southern Lebanese villages every time they get shelled is a forumula for disaster. For one thing, if they don't fire on their way in, they're going to take heavy losses. If they do, civilians will die. What's more, either way, the Arab world is going to get enraged every time they step over the border.

Better selection of target, and taking action to force Syria's hand to exert influence to stop Hezbollah, this is the only way to end this.