Like a talk show, only quiter

I don't frequently read the comments on blogs, but I found this post from Roger Simon very interesting. It's a conversation initiated about the terror shooting in Seattle (which will not be know as a terror shooting, but is). The conversation turns to the current state of the Hezbollah war. I particularly like the comment by John Moore.

“They have failed to have any dramatic victories in a war where appearances may be more important than substance. The apparently idiotic prime minister wants a 2 km buffer zone, as if that will do anything
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Unless the Israeli government wakes up, RIGHT NOW, they (and hence we) have lost a major battle in the war on terror.”

I'm not quite as pessimistic as John, but I do believe Israel flinched and missed it's opportunity. The flinch was cause by the momentary influence of caution. When Israel decided to act, they needed to go in strong, which I believe they did. But when the going got tough, the PM flinched instead of pressing harder. And now the moment is lost. They won't be able to finish Hezbollah off. It's going to be determined by the international community. And this has never worked before, so I don't expect it to work this time. Hopefully, in 3, 5, or 10 years when Israel has to do it again, the man in charge doesn't flinch. And hopefully Hezbollah doesn't have any much bigger surprises than they did this time.