Nice post Lisa. I'm too busy reading my hate mail to reply but I hope you're right. Until then, allow me one comment in response to something I keep hearing over and over and over again. 'We are not against the Lebanese people. Just Hezballah'. OK. I heard it before. I hear it constantly now. We have over 900 injured and over 230 dead most of which are not Hizbullah. Byblos (Jbeil) was bombed. As was Zahle. The (inactive) Lebanese army has been targeted even though these are the same soldiers the IDF wants deployed to the border....I'll stop here. The point is, none of these 'targets' were Hizbullah related. (there are dozens and dozens more places but you get it...) Needless to say, as you mentioned, both sides will harden their stances. As Israel fights to 'protect it's citizens', the Lebanese will fight to 'protect their sovereignty'....and they'll remember for a very long time what has happened. The exact opposite to Olmert's plan has happened in Lebanon. We have united to fight the foreign oppressor. We will deal with internal politics once our sovereignty is guaranteed. That is the unfortunate reality. But it's the reality nonetheless. I hope you remain safe. The world needs more people like you. I still consider you my friend. But I will never return to Israel.