In any crisis, there tends to be an output overload. Loads of analysis, much of it worthwhile, some of it not, is pouring out about "the situation" between Israel and Lebanon.
JPost editor David Horovitz has an interesting editorial tonight that grabbed my attention. Especially this conclusion:
Many outside commentators have loudly wondered over the weekend whether a government led by military veterans such as Ariel Sharon or Yitzhak Rabin would have responded to Hizbullah's cross-border onslaught last Wednesday in the way that Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz have. The answer is almost certainly yes.
A more challenging question is whether Nasrallah would have dared authorize the attack had a Sharon or Rabin been in power. If it turns out that Nasrallah has overplayed his hand by misjudging the current government's readiness to respond, it might be that Israel ultimately finds much to be relieved about in the timing of this conflict. For imagine a similar confrontation a little later on, with Hizbullah stronger, and Iran further down the road to a nuclear capability.
Imagine.
