Olmert's Failure by Chuck Freilich
"Hizballah is rejoicing. The special commission the Israeli government appointed to investigate its own mishandling of last summer's war in Lebanon, has just released a scathing interim report. Hizballah's TV station immediately began airing its usual mix of vitriol and self-congratulatory propaganda.
Once again, Hizballah and its likes just do not get it. They fail to comprehend that democracies confront their setbacks, learn from them and make sure to be better prepared in the future, that admission of mistakes is not a sign of weakness, but of strength, of firm and healthy resolve.
The Commission, like most Israelis, did not question the basic justification of last summer's war -- if ever there was a justified, defensive, war, this was one. Hizballah had long sought a clash with Israel, indeed, repeatedly tried to provoke one through ongoing border incidents and attempts to kill or, even better, kidnap Israeli soldiers. "
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