If an invasion takes place and no-one notices, is it actually an invasion?

It’s hard to imagine the IDF moving 3km into Lebanon without massive violence taking place: combat between Israeli soldiers and Hizbullah terrorists, missiles being launched at Israeli civilians, the works. By contrast, Syria’s setting up fortifications in the Bekaa Valley simply isn’t a crisis yet. The Lebanese themselves hardly seem to care, though that may change as the Hariri assassination tribunal gets going, if the UN actually tries to disarm Hizbullah, or as resentment of Syrian interference increases.

Also, in other news ( http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/10/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Syria.php ), ‘Israel had already appealed to Syria to open negotiations, but Syria insisted that talks be mediated by the Americans, who are not interested, Olmert said. “The Americans don’t want to sit with [Assad],” Olmert told the Arab satellite TV channel.’ The Dorktator (apt nickname!) is probably copping an excuse, but Pelosi’s visit with him is still looking pretty good in retrospect. Can anyone imagine a peace agreement being reached without American involvement?