Here an analysis you won't read anywhere else:
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1201
(1) It took Iran 2 decades to build up Hizbollah at a cost of $5 billion...
And that is mostly wiped out
(2) The Hibollah South Lebanon network was to act as a threat to Israel...
Not to f*ck with Iran's "peaceful" nuclear program... now it's gone.
(3) A 20 km buffer zone minus Hizbollah plus international troops...
Is now codified in a unanimous UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
(4) The whole Israeli "war" was an extensive probing exercise...
To fully understand Hizbollah's capabilities...
And examine the IDF's serious shortcomings after many years between wars.
(5) The weak Ohmert government will shortly be replaced...
Possibly by a hawkish and experienced Netanyahu.
(6) No wonder Bush is smiling.
The last sentence:
"Tehran hopes to pre-empt the American move by torpedoing the Lebanon ceasefire...
And preventing the termination of hostilities at all costs."
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1201
(1) It took Iran 2 decades to build up Hizbollah at a cost of $5 billion...
And that is mostly wiped out
(2) The Hibollah South Lebanon network was to act as a threat to Israel...
Not to f*ck with Iran's "peaceful" nuclear program... now it's gone.
(3) A 20 km buffer zone minus Hizbollah plus international troops...
Is now codified in a unanimous UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
(4) The whole Israeli "war" was an extensive probing exercise...
To fully understand Hizbollah's capabilities...
And examine the IDF's serious shortcomings after many years between wars.
(5) The weak Ohmert government will shortly be replaced...
Possibly by a hawkish and experienced Netanyahu.
(6) No wonder Bush is smiling.
The last sentence:
"Tehran hopes to pre-empt the American move by torpedoing the Lebanon ceasefire...
And preventing the termination of hostilities at all costs."