"The fighting has driven 500,000 from their homes?" Don't they mean

[cantstandbush]

"the Israel bombing has driven 500,000 from their homes?"

[malaise]

1. Of course but why speak the truth

when you can spin for the christo-corporate and zionist fascists

[elehhhhna]

2. "the attack" or "the invasion" would be proper

[Radical Activist]

5. An attack is an act of self defense now, remember.

That's the Bush legacy.

[elehhhhna]

7. and an invasion is really an "unannounced visit"

[KurtNYC]

3. Maybe, just maybe they are including the people of Haifa

and other Israeli cities in that number? Just because you don't see cruise ships docking in Haifa to evacuate Isrealis doesn't mean they aren't affected. They are living in freakin' bombshelters.

War sucks for everybody. And all war is terror.

[MoseyWalker]

4. what you said...............n/t

[progdonkey]

6. ditto...

I'm hardly very supportive of Israel in this, but there's no reason to assume that figure only refers to the Lebanese, or that the Lebanese civilians are the only ones suffering. "The fighting" is the whole clusterfuck, not just one side.