Monday, February 18, 2008

Why Hezbollah Will Not Retaliate

Also see: Nasrallah Knows!

Author's emphasis, not mine
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"'The goal of the other side is not so much to hurt you as to push you into mistakes that will damage your cause'"

".... And what about Nasrallah? Was he actually declaring a jihad against Jews all over the world? Well, no, actually. He seemed to be saying what the crowd at Imad Mughniyeh's funeral obviously wanted to hear, but he left his real options entirely open.

He, too, has been in this game long enough to understand that the goal of the other side is not so much to hurt you as to push you into mistakes that will damage your cause.

We shall have to wait and see, but I would be very surprised if Hezbollah now launched a terrorist campaign against Jewish targets outside the Middle East.... "