I find her to be too pessimistic for my tastes, but there’s no denying she’s telling the truth in much of her article.

Yeah, beacuse there has been so much reason for optimism. Sadly, Glick’s pessimism is in contrast to the optimism that brought us such great events as Oslo, the Gaza disengagment and the “victory” over Hizbollah.

Optimism has not been kind to our people and right now I’m not sure anyone not named Condli, Olmert or Peretz is willing to give it to you now.

In balance, you have to consider what Israel would consider a victory,
and what Hezbollah consider a victory.

Israel expects a victory like the 6 day war, this will never happen again.

War causes causalities, loss of life, that’s plain to see.

Ask yourself was Israel expecting too much of this war?

1. No Hezbollah…um they live in Sth Lebanon.

2. Disarming of Hezbollah.
(Theres a lot less weapons now, and a lot less Hezbollah.)

3. Release of the Soldiers….Inexcusable policy change.
(Was it really Olmert that made this ‘little’ concession?)

4. Ultimately the ‘end of Nasrallah’ that is almost certain with time.

What does Hezbollah want to scream victory?

Enough energy left, to stand up and say ‘we won’.

How Hezbollah can stand there and say they won, is truly an amazing insight into their mind.

I wish them many more victories like this one.

If Hezbollah won this war, then all Israelis would like to have changed places with the victor.

I can see the lines forming now…

Before we rip apart our PM, yes he made mistakes. Remember who grows in strength, from us attacking Olmert.

The real tragedy of this war, is Israel’s dependence on both world opinion, and even more so on the necessity of another countries approval.

I hope Israel learns from this warfare, to equip our soldiers better against anti tank missiles, to lower our expectations of what constitutes a victory to more reasonable, realizable levels, and just as importantly to be more successful in running the ‘media campaign’ that is necessary in modern warfare.

That’s my 2 cents.

..and before we write any one off, if you seriously think this war is over, your crazier than Nasrallah.

I would expect at that point there will either be civil war, or simply dhimmitude or refugee status for Lebanese Christians and Druze. The smart ones will escape to Israel. The rest may find themselves in camps called Sabra and Shatilla II: The Revenge.

In 2000, Hezbollah claimed a great victory when the IDF voluntarily left Lebanon. The spin was that only Hezbollah could keep Lebanon free of Israelis.

Fascinating.

Now in 2006 the MSM, even AP!, acknowledges that Israeli troops are freely operating in Lebanon.

Hezbollah seems to be able to murder civilians.

But they have a demonstrated lack of ability to deter or repel invasion.

This one goes to Israel on points.