But Let Me Ask You This...

If Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy, why isn't Iran completely "at fault" with respect to the rocket attacks and kidnappings?

While I agree it hardly seems worthy to engage in WWIII over a few soldiers and rockets that haven't killed that many people, the international community has once again failed to deal with Iran/Syrian proxy wars with Israel. What response should Israel pursue? How can they possibly "exercise restraint," which they do nearly every time they are attacked. At some point they must respond, but every time they do, the international community asks them to be measured. Hunh? Aren't they "measured" 95% of the time? Isn't the status quo a "measured" Israeli response? What happens when they are being "measured" and the attacks escalate? Are they supposed to respond the exact same way?

All of this is absurd.

The middle east is a nightmare of different groups pursuing oddball agendas in goofy, violent ways. It's like a poker game in which none of the players agree what hands beats what. Imagine a player at a table claiming two pair beats four of a kind. And the player with four of a kind won't stand for it. Meanwhile, another player at the table insists the two pair wins. The rest of the table tells the player with a four of a kind to be "measured" and to "exercise restraint."

What a joke.