Originally posted by notyoueither
GePap is mostly right in the first paragraph of the quoted bit, but... Then the second...
The Israelis want to re-establish the 'deterence factor.' Well, they've done that, at some cost to their support around the world.
The other thing he is... weak on... is just what would force the rest of the world to actually spend money, or lives, to help Lebanon with its situation re Hezbollah?
GePap is mostly right in the first paragraph of the quoted bit, but... Then the second...
The Israelis want to re-establish the 'deterence factor.' Well, they've done that, at some cost to their support around the world.
The other thing he is... weak on... is just what would force the rest of the world to actually spend money, or lives, to help Lebanon with its situation re Hezbollah?
Finally, the Lebanese thought the cost of dealing with Hezbollah outweighed the costs. I doubt they think that calculation was well grounded now. It sucks, but the government of Israel has a responsibility to its own citizens and soldiers before any other.
2. All states have more than one responsibility. Will israeli citizens be better off at the end of this campaign than before it? I doubt it. Israel thinks the "deterrence factor" is back, but note the "poor" performance of the IDF (or in reality, the OK performance of the IDF fighting a tought and seasoned opponent, which notheless wrecks the fiction that the IDF is invincible and that Arab forces can;t fight). Again, Hassan Nasrallah, unless the Israelis assasinate him soon, will come out and be the great new Hero of the ME, and radicals everywhere have been politically strengthened.
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