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Cross posted with Jack. I hope the IDF intends to damage Hezbollah badly enough to degrade their ability to mount attacks against Israel, destroy or capture most of Hezbollah's rockets, and demonstrate that they will not play "tit for tat." Whether these are the IDF's actual goals, I don't know.
I can't judge to what degree the calls are being made by IDF commanders, and to what degree they are being made by politicians for other than tactical reasons. Nor am I able to judge to what degree we, and others, are exertin influence. I think, though, that the sentiment that Hezbollah be dealt a crippling blow is widespread here, in Israel, in Europe to a greater degree than their public pronouncements would lead one to believe, and by many entities thouhout the Arab world.
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