tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post6896252089154834149..comments2024-03-18T05:56:59.924-04:00Comments on Daled Amos: Under Obama, Afghanistan Becomes LebanonDaled Amoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-61251735947391900072010-06-25T13:37:47.023-04:002010-06-25T13:37:47.023-04:00Granted, there have been miscalculations on the ca...Granted, there have been miscalculations on the capabilities of Hezbollah and Hamas. <br /><br />I was going to continue that I don't believe that Israel goes in with the attitude of anything less than victory, and does not announce plans of unconditional withdrawal--but the same effect is created during a war, once Israel has to care more for the needs of Gazans than than Hamas does.Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-74383333362733738902010-06-25T13:26:28.850-04:002010-06-25T13:26:28.850-04:00"At least when Israel fights its wars, it fig..."At least when Israel fights its wars, it fights to win, no matter how one may find fault with its tactics."<br /><br />I do not totally agree with this, for if you are waging this type of complicated urban-civilian messed war, then you ought to know that it will take much longer than a month. And you would not care about any international pressure exerted on you.<br /><br />I guess same reasoning applies to Cast Lead. The war might have punished severely Hamas and its infrastructure but to wage war until the end, one must go house by house hunting terrorists down.<br /><br />I'm not trying to say that it was wise or unwise to stop the operations upon international pressure. I think it's hard for me to make that judgement. But I am trying to say that Israel knows these wars cannot be won through regular, not extended in time, military campaigns but rather extended and thorough campaigns.ezenoreply@blogger.com