"As Hussein Massawi, former leader of Hezbollah, neatly put it, ‘We are not fighting so that you will offer us something. We are fighting to eliminate you.’"

This seems to be something which needs to be considered in context. Sort of like the claims that Palestinians are going to drive all Israelis into the sea.

The Palestinians cannot keep Israelis tanks from their streets, Israeli helicopters from their skies, Israeli rockets from their homes. How could Palestinians drive Israelis into the sea?

Hezbullah cannot and will not "eliminate" Western peoples. To give credence to the extreme nuts is to drive yourself nuts. Hyperbole is hyperbole is hyperbole.

Would you take a .45 (serious pistol round) to a kid who's waving a toy wooden hammer around saying, "I'm going to kill you!"

I doubt it, you'd consider the source, the ability, and so on.

Same with those folks. They don't like the US for supporting the ethnic cleansing over there, AND they are not going to eliminate Western civilization, such as it is anymore.

Arf