Chris At Home

The Israeli Defense Forces call up reservists and attacks Lebanon.

A very high ranking military officer said that if the soldiers were not returned in good condition, Israel would turn Lebanon back 20 years by striking its vital infrastructure.
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Regarding Hizbullah's initial offer to release the soldiers, as well as Gilad Shalit for thousands of security prisoners, the officers explained that it only proved what the military has been saying all along: that Hizbullah and Hamas were working in cooperation and were connected to one another.

Olmert calls the latest kidnappings an act of war:

Seventeen days after IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped in Gaza, a second front was opened on Israel's northern border Wednesday morning as Hizbullah, under cover of a barrage of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells, kidnapped two more army troops.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared the attack as an "act of war" and not terror. During a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Wednesday afternoon, he called it an unprovoked assault by a sovereign nation and held Lebanon, where Hizbullah has a minister in the government, fully responsible.

The Sandmonkey says it has started.
Rumors in Israel agree. There are questions what Olmert's statement meant: is Israel at war or not?

I am not a military expert, but I believe Israel would win a war against the PA, Syria and Lebanon. The US would eventually aid Israel if their was a risk of Israel being over-run. Iran would be a major complication, however. I am wishing we had not used a "small footprint" strategy in Iraq so that we would have higher force levels available now.

It is a waste of time, but we can pray that Hezbollah and Hamas back down before the worst comes to pass.

Update: Israel attacked a base only 10 miles from Beirut.