Well as I said earlier they (the terrorists) set up in cities, so when Israel attacks them they end up killing civilians too which then makes people mad at Israel.

You know the weird thing about this is... The whole conflict started over Hezabollah kidnapping 2 Isreali soliders....

Pretty pathetic on both sides if you ask me... Now so many innocent people have to die.... Seems like a lost cause over there..

Well if Israel took two Muslim soldiers do you think the Muslims would of acted any differently?

too true Vash.... too true



and the kidnapping of 2 soldiers was not the first act commited against Israel by Hezbollah. There is a long list of things that have gone on between them and Israel has finally decided to do something about a terrorist group that Lebanon ignores.

Peace is such a fine line, all it takes is someone being stupid to mess it up.

I think Isreal just wanted a reason to totaly enialate Hezbalah.

Again, Bobby if Israel kidnapped muslim soliders do you think it would of been any different?

it would be different in 1 way...

the muslim side would have the support of a large part of the world, while Israel lacks that in the true situation

Pretty much.

But then again, support off a large part of the world.. What has anyone really done?

They sent in a heap of UN ppl, thats about it. Sent Condalisa Rice there a few times... But as far as i know, thats all anyone has done.

That's our point.

Good, so we all got the same point.
Apparently, this war is going to come to an end within a week.

I don't think you meant what I thought you meant. Geeo and I were saying that if Israel took a Muslim soldier then many people would rally against Israel and support the Muslims while right now a terrorist group took two of Israel's soldiers and many people seem upset at Israel for trying to get their soldiers back (the group killed a few more before this started I think).

I really hope this thing does come to an end in a week.

Seems the end vanished lately.... The largest attack on Haifa today... It was like 2 of 3 direct hits from hezzabollah in large neighborhoods... 3 dead so far, hundreds injured...

You see, Israel would never capture muslim soldiers for no reason though.... No civilized country would.. Its those terrorist scuz bags... I really think the US should intervene and send some support... Just put an end to terrorism there... We are in a war against terror, might as well get rid of terror in Lebanon....

Vash, What i ment is that if Israel kidnapped some hezbalah people, the would woldnt back anyone, but sit on the fence getin them to agree. Because the world dosnt want to side with a terrorist force. (By the world, i mean all the UN people).

Think about this, if hezabollah kidnapped US soldiers the US would do nothing of the sort.. Because the US will not negotiate with terrorists, plus, American boys could EASILY take some terrorists no problem.... They are like chump change ya hurr?... Israel did over react, but it was a good excuse to hit the terrorists hard...

Ok so.. world war III

George Bush is drinking some coffee in the whitehouse when a jet flies by from another country, and he spills his coffee on himself...
Not knowing what country it was from.. he declares war on the east hemisphere, praying to god that the west will unite.. they dont.. america falls

Honest Answer Time: No.. I don't know much about this kinda stuff so don't bash my opinions but this is how I look at the world:::

It's gotten to the point where there are certain countrys that are the top dogs as far as a war would go.. you know, those big countries that the little countries hide behind when a war starts... basically what i'm saying is the big dogs would have to do something extremely stupid to provoke a war with another large country.. and the little countries would have to be majorly organized to band together and bring down a bigger country... (like a whole school of students sitting in the hallway refusing to go into class... with guns) .. and as far as 2 smaller/medium countries going into a war with eachother... idk, when I see two ants going at it I step on 'em.. anyway, this is my first post since I been back (310 days) where's the love?

And no, the next World War won't be anytime soon, everyone is too scared of us to really pull anything, we are a HUGE superpower, with HUGE superpower alliances.. nobody will want to mess with us... The ONLY chance that anything major will happen is if N. Korea decides to fire a nuke, then it will be easily absolved by fired a bunch back at em'.. and nobody is going to do anything about it because they are too scared to stand up to us...
________________
While most of what you just said is true, (NOT FLAMING) what you are proposing is indeed somewhat ignorant. Sure, we have the money and power, but underestimating our enemies just gives them more of a chance to prove us wrong and claim victory. Indeed we'll win if it happens, but don't assume that it's not in the near future. Remember: Hind sight is 20/20.

uhm, just to point out.

The world wars were fought by the current super powers basically. Sure there were dozens of countries involved but the wars themselves were predominantly about the super powers.

And there are other countries that -could- rival the US. The EU is economically almost as strong as the US and probably has a larger population base (if you include more Eastern European countries namely Russia).

China is also the next significant power. They probably have the largest standing army of any single country.

And then there are the middle eastern countries which don't seem like much of a threat on their own but combined they could cause a lot more trouble than we're seeing currently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I'm not saying it's likely but it is possible.