[GMMAC]

"So 1.4 soldiers per month was too steep a price for Israel to pay to prevent these rockets from being fired in the first place ? The U.S. is losing that many per day keeping the 'peace' in Iraq."

Not to demean either nation's loses but your equation overlooks the respective impacts of these casualties on Israel with a population of roughly 6 million (of which 15-20% are Arab) versus those suffered by America with now close to 300 million.

[justa-hairyape]

You are correct. One however should not expect the U.S., with its 'hyper-power' global responsibilities, to concentrate all of its efforts within the Middle East. Perhaps with those overall considerations, we both were bleeding about equally. The main concern now for Israel is Iran and Syria. Once the missiles stop, assuming that they do, Hezbollha may just end up being a sideshow.