dlishsguy,
I hope your wife is able to return soon, and that your relatives stay safe.
And willravel (and a few others in this thread), thank you for caring thoughts.
My parents and sister are safe for now, but when the bombing is 2 miles away, what is "safe"?
This isn't really about two kidnapped soldiers. It's more about destroying a country's spirit, infrastructure, economy and potential. And causing the death of 100+ civilians so far (some of them Israelis too). It's like being beaten up by a bully and just waiting for him to be done, since no one will help you (well, the UN could pass a resolution to enforce a cease-fire, but Bush "doesn't want to make military decisions for Israel", or something like that, so any resolution would be vetoed).
To echo another point by dlishsguy, the one good this I saw come out of this is how many friends I have that care about me and my family. It is a blessing (and this is coming from an atheist
).
Alright, armchair generals, you can go back to your recipes of domination and destruction now.
(why yes, I am a bit bitter)