| Whoever won the war, it wasn`t Israel. Assuming that war is politics by other means, what political objectives did Israel achieve? The very fact of a unilateral withdrawal suggests that this was a waste of time. Who will destroy the arms smuggling tunnels from Egypt into Gaza? What international force inside Gaza will guarantee the cessation of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel? Above all, what permanent, fundamental damage has been done to Hamas? What damage has Israel suffered to its military prestige after nearly 3 weeks of incessant bombing, thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks on the ground? What does this all mean? How long will it take for Hamas to emerge more virulent than ever before, a year, 2 years, less? |
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