Bob,
I’m glad to see the debate has moved back to the nub of the problem, namely, “the futility of the destruction of a country in an attempt to wipe out a purportedly radical element within it”.
I made the point to Kevin that it’s too early to say if this was a succes, whether we are party to all the facts or not. To say this is a charlatan’s ruse is fallacious. Hezbollah will, of course, play up its successes, and in a limited incursion such as Israel’s, it does her goals no good to crow about a situation they must one day leave to others.
What is clear is that Hezbollah no longer fire rockets into Israeli suburbs, the IDF are still in Southern Lebanon, the Lebanese have ordered their ‘legitimate’ army South, the UN are, in their usual style, cobbling a force together that may make a difference this time.
Stephen
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