Yeah, ya think?
Via LGF.
Israel started out with military superiority and (this was stunning) world opinion --even the opinion of the relatively sane Middle East powers (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan)--on its side. It managed to squander both, and yet wind up with a loser's ceasefire, and and emboldened enemy, and world opinon turned against it.
World opinion is dishwater. The other two matter.
If Israel does not have decisive military superiority in the region, it is dead as a nation.
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"World opinion is dishwater." Hmmmm . . . yes, except if you need their troops to die for your "plans." Or if you are actually living in the Middle East and have to confront "opinion" that doesn't think your military is up to it anymore. But you are right--the strategic and tactical mistakes of the Bush and Olmert administrations have caused considerable damage to what must be an intelligent and persuasive use of force.
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