""Echoes of Iraq, yes. But also the Israelis are very sophisticated in their handling of the media.""
The anti-Israel bias is hilarious. Hezbollah is miles ahead of Israel in handling the media.
""They consider it part of the battlefield, officially. The word "narrative" always comes up with conversations with Israeli national security officials.""
Narrative comes up because that's what Ricks is spinning, narratives dictated by Hezbollah, PLO and their PR firms here.
"They consider shaping the narrative, the battle for the narrative, to be key as part of any war fighting. So they see the media as part of the battlefield."
"So they see" as if it weren't true that the media is self-appointed battlefield referee and arbiter. Here Ricks' takes Hezbollah's side.
Ricks has taken the Iraqi terrorists' side long ago.
Would be interesting to see if Ricks has large and/or recurring off-shore transfers to his accounts.