Am I the only guy that can figure this thing out? The last of the Israeli troops left Gaza today. Although the Israelis are saying that the recent war was a complete success with all goals accomplished, the leaders of Hamas would strongly disagree. In fact, Hamas is also claiming victory in the war. Given the fact that they're still around, still control the Gaza Strip, still have considerable stockpiles of rockets that they are still using, still have the ability to utilize tunnels, it's questionable who the true victor is.
About 1,300 Palestinians have died in the battle compared to only 13 Israelis. However, I don't believe that this ever was a traditional war where success can be measured by the amount of corpses in the streets. Just like our former President used to say, this is more of a battle of hearts and minds than rockets and tanks.
This looks like a sad repeat to the Lebanon battle of 2006 when the leaders of Hizbollah gained immense notoriety, and even aid from Russia, after their war with Israel.
It's going to be tough on whoever wins the Israeli election when those guys start doing their mischief again. You cannot say you've had full success when these guys are still floating around. How is that possible?
Obviously, Hamas has to go. Ditto for Hizbollah and the others. It can be done, just not in this fashion. Will clarify shortly.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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