Yeah, seems like a bit of an over-reaction... But that probably sounds a bit hypocritical coming from a US citizen who's country invaded and currently occupies Iraq. *shrug* The two situations are a bit different. Its more like the police shutting off all routes in and out of LA and killing all the power to the city because one of thier officers was kidnapped by a gang member. Its not going to help gain any trust from the people there... Instead hundreds of thousands of people are left in a crisis, and they all can point the finger at the police (or in this analogy Isreal).
I guess after all the bull-shit Isreal has put up with in the form of suicide-bombers, rocket attacks, kidnappings... they are just fed up with it... They probably want to show that they just wont take it anymore, and any little action is going to draw a strong re-action. Seems like this conflict may never end unless an all out war takes place and there is a clear victor.
I don't know enough about Syria to comment... All I ever hear from news sources is that some rebel leader or another is from that country... and of course, you cant trust a media that tends to focus on the negatives. Can any (knolwdgeable) person tell me about that country's political alignment and whether it produces anything besides guerilla leaders?
-Bal.
