A small piece of land

Bent Jbeil, a small city in south of Lebanon, so close to this country's borders with the troublesome southern neighbor has joined to the history. Look what's happening there. It seems Israelis' claims of conquering it hasn't be that 'correct'. The city is still resisting. Even if it had fallen, the lessons of its resistance would have other outcomes rather than what generals in Israel wish.

Uri Avnery who as usual gives a very precise analysis of the situation, says:

"On the 15th day of the war, Hizbullah is functioning and fighting. That by itself will go down in the annals of the Arab peoples as a shining victory."

He adds:

"When a featherweight boxer faces a heavyweight and is still standing in the 15th round - that is a victory, whatever the final outcome."

Isn't it the core point of the story? Fighting the fearsome IDF, the fourth strongest army in the whole world? That could be called the hallucinations of a psycho some couple of months ago- if one dared to predict.

The story told by IDF soldiers who went through terrible casualties on this war (9 killed, 27 wounded) admits that the conflict over that small piece of land has not been easy for them. The wounded soldiers have described the battle as 'hell on Earth" and one said: "They shot at us from 180 degrees."

And still in Israel they want to listen to generals instead of taking a rational look into the circumstances. Yediot Ahronot wrote today:

According to a survey of the Israeli public, 82 percent believe the army’s offensive in Lebanon is justified, and 71 percent think Israel should use even greater force"

If the war over this small piece of land can be this difficult and can have this high price, would Israelis achieve more if they continue ? Do Israelis need more casulties like this, all beautiful and young?