[r9etb]

His language is bombastic, but so far he's winning this war.

How so?

[Shermy]

"How so?"

Hezbollah is kicking Israel's ass, so to speak:

1. Missiles indiscriminately fired into Israel for weeks.

2. Israel can't hold a few miles of territory in puny Lebanon. Even one town, Bint Jbail that can't, or won't, hold. For decades that town will bne the rallying call for fanatic Arabs, increasing theirthem genocidal hopes and satisfying their insecure sense of honor.

3. Today's announcement about a possible further invasion is another defeat. Why? Because Israel has talked big about going to the Litani for weeks. Today's announcement is more of the same, repackaged, reiterating Olmert's hope the UN will save his cowardly soul. All of this will be replayed for decades by Arabs as the defeat of big, bad Israel by the few hundred men of Hezbollah.

This has been a critical defeat for Israel. F-16's bombing bridges is just a smokescreen.

Israel's only "out" is to impeach Olmert and widely advertise their military failures were not due to their military, but the decisions of an incompetent politician. And if they have military deficiencies, they better correct them soon.