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BCVP,

Your question is valid, in bringing up the proportionality of response to that of injury inflicted. But it is equally valid to consider the degree to which such a populace is logistically supporting such fighters.

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Saying that the general population of Beirut is "logistically supporting" Hezbollah so it's OK if they get killed incidentally is like saying it's OK if the police in Newark (NJ) kill law-abiding citizens when going after drug dealers because the citizenry in Newark hasn't risen up and kicked the drug dealers out, notwithstanding the fact that the drug dealers have caches of weapons at their disposal while the citizenry could fight with pepper spray and exacto knives.