A proportional response

BREITBART.COM - Israel Claims Hundreds of Hits in Lebanon: "The European Union criticized Israel for using what it called 'disproportionate' force in its attacks and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he was planning a peace mission."

"Did you know that two thousand years ago a Roman citizen could walk across
the face of the known world free of the fear of molestation? He could walk across
the earth unharmed, cloaked only in the words 'Civis Romanis:' I am a Roman citizen.
So great was the retribution of Rome, universally understood as certain, should any
harm befall even one of its citizens."

That was a quote from one of my favorite shows. And I think it's very appropriate here. We've been waging "proportional responses" for ages now. Where has it gotten us?