The loss of human life alone is enough to convince most people of the futility of war. Now consider the environmental costs:

"An oil slick caused by Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power station now covers 80km (50 miles) of coast.

Local environmental groups describe the slick as an "environmental disaster".

Almost as much oil may have entered the water as during the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker incident in Alaska, which led to widespread ecological damage." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5233358.stm

Raw sewage pollutes the streets, corpses rot under piles of rubble, fires spread toxic smoke, spent uranium from bullets and artillery shells is dispersed across the landscape of the Middle East.

There will be no winners.