Originally Posted by GK
For the record, I didn't flee.. I was away from home on a trip when the bombing started.
For the record, I didn't mean to imply that you had.
I was also out of Israel when the crisis began and left my kids in the US. That of course was planned since December but may appear to some to have been done because of worries of their safety.
Originally Posted by GK
I don't think anyone returning will be considered badly at all.. the fact they are returning shows their confidence in the future of Lebanon. Also remember, not everyone had the capability or opportunity to leave, and plenty died or were wounded trying to do so..
Same on the Israeli side. Those who stayed within the range of the rockets either didn't have the means to leave, had nowhere to go, or, like
Dovster and his daughter, had responsibilities that kept them tethered to their homes.