Shouly's mother is currently stuck in Houston. Stuck because she lives in North Beirut and has been in Houston only to visit her daughter and to help her move in with Jessica (Brach). Shouly's cousins also live in Lebanon. And there are now reports that the Israeli army, after a massive bombing campaign, is planning to send ground troops. To liberate two Israeli soldiers. Or to root out Hezbollah out of Lebanon. Ohlmert obviously has read Bush's handbook on foreign diplomacy. But if we accept the hypothesis that Hezbollah is holding Lebanon hostage, I still fail to see how bombing the Lebanese infrastructure is going to turn the population against Hezbollah when the reason why Hezbollah exists in the first place is the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon not too long ago.