Much has been said concerning the current warfare in the Middle East. In particular the disproportionate response by Israel to Hizbollah's attacks. One must understand that no fight is ever fair. If response to attacks were proportionate, we would still be fighting any war that was ever started. One does not trade bullet for bullet, bomb for bomb. The nature of combat is such that to end a conflict by force of arms, or to bring the otherside to the table to negotiate a settlement, one must make the cause the other side loose the will to continue hostilities.

     The primary means to affect such a decission on one side of a conflict is by either, damaging their infrastucture to the point it can no longer support the country, or inflicting so many casualties to its fighting forces that it no longer can field a fighting force capable of conducting warfare.