Well mr Davies, I disagree with you. In my oppinion, the only thing the Israelis did wrong is they did not go all out in ther retaliation. They were held back by Olmert who is evidently not a warrior.

Therefore they did not gain anything. Nor did they loose anything. The stage is being set for round 2 and maybe this time they will go all out.

It seems that they are afraid of the bad pr generated by Hezbollah courtesy of MSM.

I think it is notable that Iran is not in such good financial shape despite oil revenuse. An economic emabrgo would bring it to it's knees but Russia and China and others would not participate.

That's my opinion.