"The soldiers are polite, courteous with journalists. This must be one of the few countries in the world where soldiers treat journalists as old friends, where they blithely allow them to broadcast from in front of their positions, borrowing their newspapers, sharing cigarettes, chatting, believing that we have our job to do." Polite, Mr. Fisk, huh? You should ask the residents of the refugee camps about the "politeness" of the Lebanese Army. This reminds me of Goebbels' children. They loved their uncle, Hitler. They looked forward to visiting him. He was so nice and "polite" to them. He loved to give them candy.