Corrective tactics

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JPost.com » Opinion » Editorials » Article Aug. 8, 2006 2:32 | Updated Aug. 8, 2006 2:38 Corrective tactics [Print this Article] [EMail this Article] [Subscribe] [SMS Alerts] [JPost Toolbar] [JPost ePaper]

The Lebanese government, presumably representing Hizbullah, has rejected the draft Security Council resolution on ending the current hostilities, apparently in the belief that the US and Israel are essentially suing for peace and that it can therefore squeeze out a better deal.

This is actually an opportunity for Israel to turn the tables and correct its premature declaration of victory and tentative embrace of a cease-fire.

In a speech on August 1, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert started laying out his argument that Israel had already won, since the reality on the ground had changed: Hizbullah will no longer sit on the northern border; Israel has destroyed Hizbullah's long-range missile capability; a strategic threat controlled by Iran has been removed, and Israel has demonstrated the strength of its citizenry and its unwillingness to be paralyzed by the threat of rockets.

The problem is that all this may true, but largely irrelevant. Throughout Lebanon and the Muslim world, there is an expectation that if Hizbullah survives as an organization, it will become an even stronger force in Lebanon than it was before this war.

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Throughout Lebanon and the Muslim world, there is an expectation that if Hizbullah survives as an organization, it will become an even stronger force in Lebanon than it was before this war.

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