Reply #9: If our goal is oil, then setting the entire Middle East on fire [View All]

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is probably not the best way of going about securing our oil supply.

I think Isreal/Hezbollah/Lebanon is about the strong belief in Israel that this war is about Israel's survival as a nation. A war that to us seems discretionary or unnecessarily destructive is seen by Israelis across their political spectrum as necessary. See the article in yesterday's NY Times: "Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War" (I don't think I have a good link for that, but the link from yesterday is still there under 'World News'.) I find this disturbing that few Israelis see this war as discretionary, and even more disturbing that the only real political issue in Israel over the war is whether the Israeli government has prosecuted the war effectively.