Breaking News: Israel to Suspend South Lebanon Airstrikes for 48 Hours

We'll see if this temporary cease fire actually happens or what else may play out in the interim. To have the heaviest airstrikes occur this weekend, at the time that Hezbollah announced it was willing to sign onto the cease fire, seemed like yet another case of Israel shooting itself in the gonads. Killing 37 children in one fell swoop is about as miserable an act as possible.

However, Israel isn't the only Middle East or Arab nation party to engage in incredibly self-defeating, self injurious behavior, by a long shot. The term "mutually assured destruction" seems to apply to almost all of the nations and races involved.