It has been driving me a bit nuts trying to figure out why Israel, an aggressive but normally sensible country in its approach to war, has been doing what it is doing in Lebanon.
I mean massive air strikes that kill mainly civilians and seems like mainly civilian children (there are no accusations that there are child soldiers/terrorists in Lebanon, yet) is one part of the receipt for a long term PR/external disaster.
Even Alan Dershowitz has weighted in to redefine civilians to justify what, after this mess is over, lots and lots will consider new Israeli "war crimes".
So here is a link to Patrick Lang's site if you don't already have it in your bookmarks.
He also has been trying to figure out what the Israeli's must be thinking and he is certainly better qualified than me to give some value-added on this matter.
Some of the mess is starting to come together.
The present nonsense could be simply a calamity of errors supported by inappropriate public service appointments - the military is part of the public service - and bad timing by hezbullah .
I'm afraid this would fit into my broad view of how bureaucracies work both within nation states and organizations in general.
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