Bush said he hoped to see the violence end "as quickly as possible" and repeated his call for Israel to try to limit the impact on civilians. But he suggested that the Israeli campaign has his support for as long as it takes to eliminate Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon and its ability to attack neighbor Israel.

"Now is the time to address the root cause of the problem and the root cause of the problem is terrorist groups trying to stop the advance of democracy," he said. "Our objective is to make sure that those who use terrorist tactics are not rewarded."

There is no doubt that Hezbollah is connected to Iran. I think everyone knows it. The whole situation over there is just getting worse. Terrorist groups are trying to spread the war into as many countries as possible. I wouldn't doubt if this tracked back to Al Qeada some how. Terrorists thrive in "chaos" and whatever their end goal, causing mayhem helps their cause.

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