The kick-the-dog war

You know how it is, when someone is working on something really frustrating . . . maybe they're trying to assemble an unyeilding piece of furniture, or twist out a screw with pliers because the head is stripped . . . and with every yank and tug, tools drop, curses are barely contained under one's breathe . . . and then a dog comes bounding up and knocks right into the whole affair. And in one explosive burst of anger . . . YELP! the dog gets kicked.

Somehow, Lebanon seems like the dog that got kicked. I can hear Israel's therapist now: "MY! Such ANGER! Does someone need to vent a little bit? I mean, really, we must address all these lingering issues with your suicide bombers, or it's going to keep coming out in these inappropriate little border wars."