Present Middle East Conflict Options

[radhikaeatsraman]

If you're like me, you're doing your best to understand what's going on in the Middle East, even though it seems extremely overwhelming and confusing. (At least to me it does.)

Hopefully, this topic can consist of questions and answers about the conflict and bring about more understanding of it.

I found an excellent link which explains the history behind the conflict in an easy-to-understand manner.

So, let's get started!

[*kryogenix*]

My impression from the OP is the debate is:
-who is responsible?
-is the media doing a fair job covering the war?

I believe Hezbollah is responsible for the war, as they have been called by the UN to disband and they clearly haven't. Lebanon has been a little soft, but I think their culpability is limited by the fact that their military is so weak. Israel should do more to prevent civilian casualties, but it's kinda hard for them to do that when the enemy is hiding behind civilians.

Is the media doing a fair job covering the war? We've seen clear bias in the Reuters coverage of the war. They've doctored photos of smoke and claimed that an Israeli F-16 was firing missiles on a village, when it was just using flares as countermeasures. They photoshopped that picture too to make it more convincing.