The SF Chronicle has some inflamatory headlines today:

Wedding Party Massacre and Israeli Tanks Kill Innocents.

It's too bad, but we can't really deny that the media is playing a huge role in this war. I guess media has always played a role in war, but in the hearts and minds battle, which is probably the most important battle in this unique fight, the media has an unprecedented amount of power. If the media is a major determinant in the outcome of this war, and the media is looking at the bottom line, ie money - what we're going to see is the ultimate form of reality entertainment: War-tainment.

To what extent do we contribute to human misery by being entertained by it? I wonder.

And has anyone from the anti-gun movement in the US bothered to mention to the Arabs that shooting guns in the air for a wedding celebration probably isn't the wisest tradition to keep around during a war? I'm not saying they deserve to die for such, but they should at least be aware of the risks. And to be honest, it wouldn't surprise me to find that this was in a fact a weapons cache and the "wedding" was staged. Although, I doubt that will make the headlines.

UPDATE: Military says they were enemy fighters. Stay tuned.