The Party of God
A U.S. journalist spends some quality time with Hezbollah (hat tip: Tigerhawk). Among the more unexpected items: Hassan Nasrallah is a bore. Perhaps it's corny, but after reading this article I feel supremely blessed to live in a free country.Meanwhile, the Belmont Club speculates that Hezbollah is not doing so well on the battlefield, and that Israel is not fighting as ineptly as it seems to be. He argues that Hezbollah's most precious assets are its fighters (trained in Iran, knowledgable of the terrain in southern Lebanon, veterans of years of low-intensity war with Israel), and that Israel taking out Hezbollah guerrillas is a huge strategic victory for Israel (despite the casualties it takes to do so). He also says that Hezbollah is fighting to retain territory, which is the worst thing that a guerrilla army can do. Also, the advance notice given by Israel to villagers in southern Lebanon that they needed to evacuate may have overwhelmed Hezbollah on a humanitarian level - while simultaneously giving warm fuzzies to EU types.
The links pretty much speak for themselves, I don't have much to add.
posted by JM @ 3:47 PM
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