by Geoffrey Grinder, Now The End Begins:

A fresh wave of explosions ripped across Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, appearing to mainly target hand-held radios used by Hezbollah members, a day after thousands were wounded when their pagers spontaneously exploded in a coordinated attack widely blamed on Israel after months of cross-border fire.

War may not as of yet have been formally declared, but make no mistake about it, Israel is absolutely at war and in a state of war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Events playing out over the past 24 hours brings you to that inescapable conclusion immediately. Israel has launched not one but two surprise attacks, and Hezbollah sits on a massive cache of rockets and missiles. When will they begin to be released? The Middle East is surely on the brink of a major conflict.