Win Or Else

William Lind lays out the grim choices facing Israel and the US:

"Operationally, Hezbollah's rocket attacks on Israel are the matador's cape. That too is working. What of the strategic level? The Arab street is cheering for Hezbollah, often across the Sunni-Shi'ite divide, while the governments of states such as Egypt hide under the bed. The goal of Islamic fourth generation forces is the destruction of most, if not all, Arab state governments, so Hezbollah is winning strategically as well. One can almost watch the legitimacy drain away from the region's decrepit states, with incalculable consequences for American interests."

While I support the right of Israel to exist, I think this whole Zionist 'Clean Break' stuff is just nuts. If this operation against the whole of Lebanon is part of the same, then it makes sense from the Israeli/American perspective.  They may have to change the nickname of Beirut, though; how about 'Darfur of the Middle East'?