The War

CNN reported tonight that it is estimated that Hezbollah has a total of 3000 fighters in its militia. Huh? Is that all? If you had asked me how many of them I thought there were I would've guessed 10 times that number.

This makes Israel's bombing even harder to understand. How can dropping 500-lb bombs and all those rockets accurately target 3000 guys over a pretty wide area. It seems so random. No wonder there are so many innocent bystanders getting hammered. This makes no sense to me. Wouldn't a ground assault be better? One that swarms in and engages these 3000 guys face to face and then captures as many as possible, without hitting civilians in their homes? If you want to destroy Hezbollah, hey, I have no gripe there. Go ahead engage, kill and/or capture actual Hezbollah guys, but not anybody else.

The Israelis want Kofi Annan to apologize for his statement. Give him a break. The man is pissed off. I can't believe they are asking for an apology. That's chutzpah, baby. They are totally on the offense about this. Yes, they are apologizing and regretting their mistake, but man, who do they think is going to back them on this? Short answer: nobody. I won't be surprised if even Bush avoids touching this one.

It's hard to keep bragging about pinpoint precision when you hit a clearly marked UN outpost that you've been asked to stay clear of. Maybe the Israelis can blame their stinky American-made weapons?