Did withdrawal show weakness?
Did withdrawal show weakness? – KansasCity.com.
On the 10th anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon, the country held a huge civil defense drill simulating a missile attack.
But this expensive and lengthy drill was not held to commemorate the event, of whose success then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak is so proud. It was held in an effort to figure out how to reduce the anticipated damage from missile strikes on the home front — especially those likely to be launched by Hezbollah.
Israel indeed needed to end its stay in south Lebanon, but it should have done so in a way that would increase deterrence, not by a humiliating flight that invites continued attacks — which indeed came, and on a large scale. Ever since then, we have been viewed by Hezbollah (and others ) as “a spider web.”
Today, Hamas, like Hezbollah, is celebrating: Gaza is full of missiles that can reach Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion airport. And Israel, instead of preventing their arrival — or destroying them — is holding a huge preparedness drill (“the biggest in the country’s history”) to get ready for them, too.
That is what flight looks like — and this is its reward.
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