[parousia]

Whether you agree with Hizbollah and the Arab world that Israel lost this war, Israel is the injured party. Iran's proxy, Hizbollah, based in south Lebanon, was the aggressor when it crossed Israel's border, kidnapped two soldiers and launched thousands of missiles against Israel's cities. In the laws of war, the country that invades or attacks another without provocation and injures it is the aggressor country. The injured country is free to counter-invade, and even occupy and take over the aggressor country. Yet the UN is bent on fixing up the aggressor country and totally ignoring the injuries done by the aggressor to the victim country. Legally and morally, Israel had an obligation to defend itself. The author reveals how Israel's conflicted image played a key role in it's perceived defeat.

[Continental Soldier]

Israel's strike at Hezbollah was so weak and incompetent that, for a minute or two, I thought it was being directed by Jimmy Carter.