I strongly disagree. Their instructions would be totally different if this crushing blow on Hisbollah was delivered.
Israel conducted this war unacceptably badly – poor strategy, first of all.
When they amassed their armory on the Lebanese border, I was expecting the real first and decisive air strikes to be delivered onto the Hez supplying and communications lines along the Syrian border, followed by something like distractive deployment of some airborne troops there. The carnage there would lure the Hez fighters from their holes in the South Lebanon, and then it would be a shooting range for the IDF…
I’m afraid that Bolton and Rice now just help Israel to get out of the mess with some dignity.
This whole "war" isn't about land or territory. Oh, they might SAY it is...Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, Gaza, West Bank...but in reality, Israel's enemies want them DEAD. As in wiped from the face of the earth.
How can ANYONE ask Israel to fight an enemy with that mindset? Especially with Israel's history in the world.