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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: steve harris who wrote (193218)7/25/2006 10:03:59 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Instead, he said Hezbollah had thought Israel would respond to the soldiers' capture by snatching Hezbollah leaders in commando raids and that negotiations for a swap would start, giving Hezbollah the chance to try to win the release of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel.

Who'd a thunk that Butcher Sharon would respond with restraint, while non-military pol Olmert would attack?

Hizbullah does not understand how decisions get made in democracies, that much is plain.

Arik Sharon was uniquely barred from a Lebanese invasion because of his 1982 history. Olmert is not, and has something to prove regarding his willingness to fight for Israel and to re-establish deterrence against Hamas and Hizbullah, who had begun believing their own claims about Israeli weakness.
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