Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Israel Miscalculates posted by bat020
As'ad AbuKhalil, aka the Angry Arab is fast becoming essential reading during Israel's assault on Lebanon. Here's a sample of his analysis yesterday:Israeli Miscalculations At this stage, it is not clear what will happen next. But at this stage, it is possible to state that Israeli political goals will not be achieved, no matter how long Israeli aggression takes. No matter what happens next, and even if Israel manages to kill Nasrallah or other leaders, Israel's ability to achieve its goals is diminishing not increasing.
I am not being triumphalist: Israeli military superiority, and Israeli willingness, nay eagerness, to use massive and indiscriminate violence, has never been in doubt. I lived and barely survived the 1982 Israeli invasion after all. But the political situation is rather spiraling quickly away from the intentions of Israel and its vocal and silent partners in the world... Here is my list of Israeli miscalculations:
Read the whole thing here.