==By the looks of today's news, Israel is determined to exterminate the leadership of Hezbolah and Hamas.
Highly doubtful. As soon as Russia and Red China up the ante the US will lean on Israel to back off and make more concessions in the name of "peace."
All the usual suspects are pressuring Israel to allow its enemies to dispatch her via a thousand cuts. Here's how it has always worked (fyi, Primakov is still up to his evil tricks as Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1252955/postsSnow said Bush "believes the Israelis have the right to protect themselves and that in doing that they should limit as much as possible so-called collateral damage not only to facilities but also to human lives," Snow said.
Asked whether he agreed to Siniora's request to tell the Israelis to limit their military operations, Snow said: "No. The president is not going to make military decisions for Israel."