Today I was listening to NPR morning edition, when this wonderful piece came along (To listen, go here and move forward to about 1:50)

Scott Simon: I know you have been out to see a port area there in town that has been struck recently. What can you tell us?

Ivan Watson: Scott, It’s called Uzai - it’s a little fishing port to the south of the city [Tyre] and it was hit 2 nights ago repeatedly.

Ah – the buildings around the port have largely been demolished and I cannot tell whether or not they were some kind of Hezbollah installation or not.

What was striking though was the port itself.

There were several hundred fishing boats had been stationed there and it appeared that Israeli aircraft had repeatedly straffed those little fishing boats destroying all of them but not really bombing the concrete pier that ran out into the port.

Ah – these boats were the livelihood for fishermen who make maybe $600 a month.

Um - the fishermen were joking, calling their sunken boats “Hezbollah aircraft carriers” and were questioning what the strategic value of such an attack could have been.

Scott Simon: mmmhmm. I, I suppose the Israelis were worried that small boats can in fact be used to transport missiles in and out?

Ivan Watson: [3 seconds silence] Perhaps eh Hezbollah has claimed several rocket attacks though, against Israeli warships over this three week conflict.

Mr. Simon's joke is almost as good as that of the fishermen!!!
At least I hope that was a joke. And not an attempt to make this latest destruction appear justified for military reasons.