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Israel should be going for the long game, a solution to this decade long cancer NOT a drama queen headline breeding short term military blitz. It would be utterly stupid for Israel to prune back Hezbollah when it is in both their's, and the the NATO powers, interests to completely uproot Iran front group Hezbollah from the Mediterranean Littoral.

All the plans advanced by the Junk Media so far would accomplish is a lot of dead Jews for a short term "Quick fix". Hezbollah would simply bleed the Israelis while pulling back into sanctuary areas in Syria and northern Lebanon. Then when the Israelis could no longer stand the blood and treasure long term occupation was costing them, Hezbollah would simply flow back into the same positions they hold now. And 5 years from now the Israelis would face the same crises in Lebanon. Basically simply a replay of the 1982 war now in 2006.

Like the US in Iraq, Israel should go for a long term FIX that uproots Hezbollah and creates a viable Lebanese Govt that can police its own territory.

That maybe why the Israelis have indicated interested in a NATO force to do in Lebanon what it is currently doing in Afghanistan. Suppress the terrorist groups while the Lebanese build a viable nation state that can provide long term stability.

For Israel, and the West, that outcome would be a durable strategic victory in what will be a very long war