Imperial_Samura
Anticrust Smurf
Lebanon is a puppet country, the attacks on the infrastructure were to targets that have value to not only civilian but to military units as well.
There is little solid evidence that Lebanon is a "puppet country"- it most certainly has a past with Syria, but at this point in time it is a democratic nation that has moved some way from Syria as is far more autonomous and independent now - or are we forgetting all that trouble that happened when the Pro-Syrian Lobby was unable to get a solid control of the Lebanese government during the last election? In fact, if these US analysts we keep seeing on TV and in the newspaper here are telling the truth it goes something like this (paraphrased):
"The US is in a bad position, as they are faced with a choice of fully supporting Israels actions against Lebanon, despite the promising progress Lebanon was making in democratically distancing itself from the Syrian/Iranian alliance - with certain figures believing Lebanon could eventually be come a pro-western backer."
And it has been said before - it is a civilian airport, used by civilians. The Israelis could actually bomb actual Lebanese airforce bases, but they aren't - they keep attacking a civilian airport. And as Alliance said - Hezbollah have no navy, so there is hardly any reason to blockade the ports. Likewise the Israeli threats about sending the nation back 20 years - that hardly sounds like being directed at just the terrorists.
The defense people are throwing up that Israel is attacking targets that could be used militarily is bizarre - when first, they aren't at war with Lebanon (apparently only being after terrorists), second there are actual military targets they could attack but don't and third as there are no links between the terrorists and the airport/ports.
Airports, roads, bridges, ports are all supply lines. If Hezbollah has a larger army then Lebanon (proper) where do its supplies come from if its just a terrorist group? How does it get rockets and missiles with ranges of what 45 miles? How about its remotely guided planes with detonation charges?
Hezbollah are using Katyusha rockets that are Russian in design origin and mostly outdated - effective, but outdated. Nor is there any proof that Hezbollah makes use of the transport network to the degree that Israel is justified in bombing it despite it being civilian in nature.