i don't think that's the definition of victory at all. it's apples and oranges. the type of attack the hezbollah forces are using is not comparable to that of israel. You can't say they won because it wasn't a real fight. I'm not pro-israel but i think it's ridiculous to say that a guerrilla group can claim "victory" when the terms of the fight weren't even clear. If anyone has "won", then the innocent civilians and the lebanese, israeli, and international leaders alike to brokered this... tenuous though it may be... ceasefire. Whoever kills innocent people--whether fighting for Israel or Hezbollah-- can NEVER claim victory because to attain their "victory" they would have to have thrown away their moral standing in the killing of their fellow humans. I find both sides offensive. Especially since they both manipulate and perverse their peaceful religions to justify and even promote violence. I find it sickening. Utterly sickening.
Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor: " "Hizbullah can't afford to stand and fight.... They don't even need to," says British defense analyst Charles Heyman. "All they need to do is inflict casualties and disappear. ... "I'm not sure that Israel can actually prevail, in the way Israel wants to this time around," says Heyman. "Hizbullah wins by surviving, because Israel said they are going to destroy Hizbullah." "
Granted, the article doesn't address your point about morality and the killing of civilians.
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"Hizbullah can't afford to stand and fight.... They don't even need to," says British defense analyst Charles Heyman. "All they need to do is inflict casualties and disappear.
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"I'm not sure that Israel can actually prevail, in the way Israel wants to this time around," says Heyman. "Hizbullah wins by surviving, because Israel said they are going to destroy Hizbullah."
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Granted, the article doesn't address your point about morality and the killing of civilians.
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