Why I Was Wrong

When I am wrong, I would rather admit it than go on looking like a fool.
A few posts ago, I argued that it was dangerous that Arabs view the recent conflict in the Middle East as a victory for Hezbollah. It is, and I made some good points, but I now see that Israel really did lose.
At the outset of the battle, each side had strategic objectives. Israel wanted to have its two kidnapped soldiers returned and Hezbollah disarmed. Neither happened. Hezbollah wanted to surivive. That did happen.

Israel still has the buffer, and at the time of my last post I thought that the U.N. peacekeeping force could be trusted to disarm the terrorist organization. I usually have no faith in the U.N., but for some reason I did in this case. I was wrong. After begging for a cessation of violence on the condition that peace keepers maintain a buffer zone and disarm Hezbollah, no nations have stepped up to the plate by volunteering troops.

I will no longer put any faith in the U.N. to handle difficult situations. If you do, then you are an ignorant sucker, plain and simple.