Here is the article about the plan to invade Hezbollah that was conceived well before the kidnappings.

Citing a US government consultant with close ties to Israel, Hersh also reports that before the Hezbollah kidnappings, several Israeli officials visited Washington "to get a green light" for a bombing operation following a Hezbollah provocation, and "to find out how much the United States would bear".

"The Israelis told us it would be a cheap war with many benefits," the magazine quotes the consultant as saying. "Why oppose it? We'll be able to hunt down and bomb missiles, tunnels and bunkers from the air. It would be a demo for Iran."

US government officials have denied the charges.

Of course they deny it, but when have they ever been on the side of the truth?

And Bush keeps saying that Hezbollah "provoked" Israel, and that Israel had not choice but to respond militarily. Nothing is what it seems with this administration. They are warmongers through and through. The only solution to any problem is to kill! Or to encourage others to kill!

(By the way I must give a shout out to peace chik'n who brought this article to my attention. Thank you very much, I appreciate the assist.)