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Originally posted by Spanky
No but what the hell else was Israel supposed to do?
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It's a long term/short term benefit analysis.
Long term, the only way to rid Southern Lebanon of Hezbollah is to have a Lebanese government strong enough to do it (and Syria sidelined enough so they can't prevent it). Hezbollah knows that, so they needed some help from the Israellis to destabilize Lebanon. They got it.
And Israel got to know that they'd fought back, at the cost, of course, of casualties on their side as well as Hezbollah's. But, Hezbollah is the big winner and Lebanon the big loser.
