OK Old Guy--your wish is my command:

Goals

Hezbollah--wipe Israel off the map
Israel--survival

I don't think I have to provide a source since I suspect those are also the goals you believe each side has.

As I've said before--if you'd take some time out of your busy schedule of needless cut-and-paste to actually read what I've written--I fully support Israel's right to exist and to defend its borders.

But it would be better done with some intelligence--not the criminally stupid-- (I like that phrase)-- approach just taken--which has strengthened Hezbollah and therefore made the situation more, not less, dangerous. And I've already told you how. Please read what I've already written. The gist of it is that 1)   Israel has raised Hezbollah to superstar status--as the one Arab group that has fought the area's greatest military machine to a standstill and 2) Israel's policy of attacking all of Lebanon has alienated--needlessly--the majority of Lebanese--not just Shiites. I've given you a lot more detail in previous postings--if you're willing to read.

Now, I've answered your question--and directly. How about answering mine?

Once more:   In your judgment has Israel improved its situation by the recent war? If so, how? Can you answer the the question without cut-and-paste---for once?

Looking forward to your typically incisive and perceptive posting.