Sunday July 16, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

Hezbollah has been making serious blunders in the attack against Israel.

Biggest Mistake: to assume that there would be massive Israeli internal rejection of Israel's counter action, that Israelis would not have the internal strength to fight Hezbollah, to believe that the Israeli public would force their politicians to stop the army and the air force.

It's the opposite: nearly across the board, with only few exceptions, Israelis want a real solution crippling Hezbollah and their constant relentless bombing of civilians.

Another mistake: hitting Haifa and threatening Tel Aviv which only strengthened Israel's attitude that they must solve the Hezbollah problem and solve it differently than in the past when Israel just pounded back.

One solution is targeting Nasrallah the head of Hezbollah.
Another is wiping out Hezbollah's infrastructure and arms caches.
Either way, Hezbollah's ability to organize and communicate and grow will be disabled.

It will take time and require patience, this is not an overnight operation.
Israel will return Lebanon to Lebanon without Hezbollah, or at least with a very weakened Hezbollah so that the Lebanese can run Lebanon.
They might not say it out loud, but the Lebanese will thank Israel.