Scott wrote:

As for the rocket attack of 27 Dec, Hezbullah denied launching the
attack or having any knowledge of it.

Nevertheless, the attack took place and whether that particular rocket
was launched by Hizbullah or Al-Queda or any other group, many have
taken place since that date prior to the current escalation of
hostilities, which unequivocably _were_ launched by Hizbullah.

I repeat that Israel didn't attack in response to rockets being fired
from Lebanon since the current wave of rockets was a response to
Israel's action not a cause of it.

Repeating a statement does not make it fact. The fact is that the
current crisis is not a sudden isolated event, but the upswelling of a
cycle of violence committed by *both* sides over a period of time.
The rockets are not simply flying as a response to Israels recent
actions. Trying to apportion blame is fatuous in this scenario when
both sides are clearly in the wrong.