Comments on: World pressure wins again

By: anon

anon — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 04:36:14 +0000

Hezbullah can say whatever it wants about victory. By any objective measure they have lost. The UN resolution moves them back beyond the Litaani river, for instance.

Israeli troops are in Lebanon. And Hezbullah terrorists/militiamen/gunmen are NOT in Israel.

This Lebanese invasion of Israel ended in Arab defeat, just like the one in 1948-1949. Don’t let anyone scam you. Israel gave the Arabs another bloody nose.

The traditional definition of military victory is who remains in control of the battlefield. IDF can go where it likes in Southern Lebanon. Hezbullah cannot. So, who controls the battlefield?

Hezbullah lost many more military assets than did the IDF. Yes, Hez can still murder civilians. But they were unable to impose their will on Israel.

By: LynnB

LynnB — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:46:35 +0000

Me too.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:24:17 +0000

My own opinion, fwiw, is that it doesn’t much matter, as long Olmert has, finally, turned military matters over to the generals, and isn’t going to joggle their elbows for at least 72 hours, no matter how many offers are made to consider the change of a an adjective or prepositional phrase in an impotent UN resolution.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:46:16 +0000

I do wonder if my guess at an analysis was correct. Anyway, I haven't been more glad to see you wrong.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:27:12 +0000

It’s okay, more or less — late, but not as much too late as it threatened to be, Olmert gave the green light today.

The job isn’t going to be finished by politicians; it’ll be finished by the soldiers, assuming the politicians remember what their damn job is.

Or get reminded pointedly enough.