Allowing Israel to decimate Lebanon, killing and maiming thousands of civilians and rendering half a million people homeless to recover two soldiers will no doubt make Israel victorious. But as in the past this victory will be pyrrhic and will simply trigger further violence. For terrified people of Lebanon the terror stems from Israel 's bombs as much as from Hizbolla's barrels. The history is witness. Force always creates outlaws. British know how the gunboat diplomacy has failed. There was no Hizbolla until Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to crush PLO. Saddam Hussein was propped up by Anglo-US support to Iraq against Iran. Bin Laden was put in Afghanistan with US support to fight Russians.    more »