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WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE IDF AGAINST HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON?

Here is a great PIECE OF ANALYSIS by Yuval Steinetz.

The failure of the Second War in Lebanon is the failure of the new culture of war….The rush to victory in battle requires a willingness to take risks of the “he who dares wins” variety. However, even if daring pays off in the long run, it occasionally and naturally leads to resounding failure. Striving for a win on the ground is a risk, as there is no ground battle without casualties. “We count our dead and we are proud of that,” Prime Minister Olmert said in his Knesset address at the war’s end. But if counting the fallen causes vacillation and indecisiveness, and annihilates ambition to deliver a strategic victory, how could gains become anything but losses, in terms of strategic objectives or loss of life?

He locates the problem in both the political and military leadership of Israel…..and looks forward to lessons being learned. Let’s pray for it.

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