Don't be surprised how stupid Israel's leadership was (and remains) during the conflict. If they could have obtained Nasrallah's head, they would have, irrespective of the consequences.
On Aug 27, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Marvin Gandall wrote:
> Joel Schalit wrote:
>
>> I hear tell from various sources that Al-Manar had a backup studio
>> operating out of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, which is where
>> Nasrallah is
>> alleged to have sat out the war. One can understand why the
>> Israelis would
>> not target said building.
> ==============================
> It's not quite as self-evident to me, Joel, why the Israelis would
> balk at
> doing so. There's a whole body of opinion which thinks Israel is just
> itching to have a go at Iran, and if Israeli intelligence knew this
> was
> where Nasrallah and Al-Manar were holed up, and blew up the place,
> wouldn't
> this have restored domestic and international credibility to Israel's
> military prowess, which took an incredible beating during the war?
> For sure,
> the effect on its morale and on that of its enemies would have been
> different than Qana, at any rate.
>
> Even assuming Israel wouldn't have wanted to incite a wider war
> over it, I
> doubt the Iranians would have been provoked to start one either. What
> reprisals could they, in fact, have taken which would have
> outweighed the
> value of the strike to the Israelis - closing the Hormuz strait
> (unlikely)?
> Some missiles hitting Tel Aviv? As for making Nasrallah a martyr, he
> couldn't be more popular than he is now anyway.
>
>
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