08-03-2006, 02:08 PM
Quote:...I think that might be the crux of it. Hezzbollah gains adherents and thereby political power by showing "success" which can be the form of a rocket killing Isreali's in Haifa, or the Isreali military response to rockets. Hezzbollah is striking their political blows against the legitimate government in Beirut, by attacking Isreal.
Buildings can be rebuilt, equipment can be replaced, but winning the hearts and minds of around you, your enemies and surrounding your enemies is (arguably) the ultimate victory. Without that, war cannot be sustained.
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”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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