i would prefer to oppose a ground invasion of southern lebanon by israel. unfortunately, the complete and abject failure of the un mission in the region, which is mostly run by the useless french, has rendered it necessary for the israelis to carry through on. the french are apparently only interested in "peacekeeping" in areas that they can extract resources from, like western africa. 

france should completely withdraw from lebanon and stop pretending it's interested in it.

that means the israelis are justified in occupying the south of lebanon up to the river litani in order to show the french how to do what they've demonstrated that they're incapable of doing. the french should be embarrassed by their uselessness, and should stop pretending they're a world power and stop trying to involve itself in the region. the israelis should also send the french a bill for the labour costs of having to do their work for them.

if hezbollah continues to attack israel after setting up positions in the demilitarized zone, they will be justified in pursuing them, but i cannot support a full ground invasion of lebanon until that happens. it's consequently up to hezbollah to decide if it wants to get invaded or not.