What's Israel's Reach?

As the L.A. Times continues to cover the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the same lop-sided manner as everyone else in the U.S. media, they ran a graphic today of Hezbollah's reach. In this graphic, they depict the different kinds of missiles that MAY be at Hezbollah's disposal and their ranges should Hezbollah be able to fire from the heavily guarded Israeli border. They also focus on the fact that these are missiles produced in Iran.

About the Iran issue. Apparently, the U.S. and Israel are the only countries allowed to sell arms to other countries and groups. The press has been full of unsubstantiated statements and inferences about Syria and Iran's connection to Hezbollah, and this is yet another one of them. The press certainly doesn't condemn allied dictators for using weapons against innocent people when they use arms produced by the U.S. or Israel (Israel apparently arms much of Africa).

This graphic is pure FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). There are missiles listed that have not been fired by Hezbollah. Furthermore, there is no reliable intelligence to say that they even own some of these missiles.

It is also interesting that, at least in the version of the graphic in front of me, Lebanon is not depicted as a country! It has a label, but it seems to be floating over the Mediterranean without any cities or borders. Is this just a subliminal message about Israel's intent?

But the main thing I want to ask is: What is Israel's reach? This is not the first time the L.A. Times has run a graphic of Hezbollah's military capacity, but I've yet to see them show Israel's. Let's have a full listing of their missile capacity. Let's also see their helicopter and airplane reach, since – unlike Hezbollah –– they have a very well-equipped air force that they are using to terrorize thLebanesese population and destroy their infrastructure. Also, Israel has nuclear weapons. What is their reach? What countries are within the reach of Israel's nukes?

In any case, this is yet another good example of the "Freedom of the Press" and how unbiased U.S. newspapers are. Hey, maybe they aren't printing the Israeli information because it would just be too big to fit on the page?