Wednesday, July 26, 2006

What is Hezbollah up to?

I'm beginning to think that the era of conventional war is just about over.
That really shouldn't be such a surprize to us in the USA. After all, that's how we won independence from England's King George. It's not a good time to be attempting to be the King George of the 21st century.

"Nasrallah (leader of Hezbollah) is under no illusions that his small guerrilla movement can defeat the Israeli Army. But he can lose militarily and still score a political victory, particularly if the Israelis continue visiting suffering on Lebanon, whose government, as they well know, is powerless to control Hezbollah. Nasrallah, whom the Israelis attempted to assassinate on July 19 with a twenty-three-ton bomb attack on an alleged Hezbollah bunker, is doubtless aware that he may share the fate of his predecessor, Abbas Musawi, who was killed in an Israeli helicopter gunship attack in 1992. But Hezbollah outlived Musawi and grew exponentially, thanks in part to its followers' passion for martyrdom. To some, Nasrallah's raid may look like a death wish. But it is almost impossible to defeat someone who has no fear of death. "
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