While there is much to agree with in Dan Gordon's article, I do have some comments: 1.   While I accepted the weight of opinion that Hezbollah's provocative first move was at the instance of Iran, I did not accept the view that Iran and Hezbollah anticipated Israel's response.  Iran did not need an all out war to distract attention from its nuclear agenda at the U.N.  Secondly, Israel far more often then not too very limited retaliatory measures in the face of other provocations coming from the Palestinians and hardly any retaliatory efforts were taken at Hezbollah's past provocations. 2.   Nasrallah came out today to say he never would have started up if he knew Israel would have responded as it did.  I think this is the closest Nasrallah has come to speaking the truth, though it appears he is doing so to try to deflect the growing backlash against Hezbollah in Lebanon.  I predicted weeks ago that joyous support for Hezbollah would turn to...(Read Full Post)