It starts with the Second Lebanon War so I had to go look up the first [1]. As usual the numbers tell a quite different story: * Israeli civilian casualties fr

It starts with the Second Lebanon War so I had to go look up the first [1]. As usual the numbers tell a quite different story: * Israeli civilian casualties from cross-border shelling numbered 9-10 killed and at least 248 wounded between June 1982 and 1999. * American military analyst Richard Gabriel estimated that between 5,000 and 8,000 (Palestinian / Libanese) civilians died during the war (i.e. 1982 - 1985). I guess it just goes to prove that however superior one side of an armed conflict is they will always identify with David and feel they are facing a Goliath. 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War#Casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Lebanon_War#Casualties