Oops (with a grain of salt)

From Yahoo/AP:

Hezbollah head says he didn't expect war
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war.

Guerrillas from the Islamic militant group killed three Israeli soldiers and seized two more in a cross-border raid July 12, which sparked 34 days of fighting that ended with a cease-fire on Aug. 14.

"We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not," he said in an interview with Lebanon's New TV station.

A couple of things to remember. The terrorists are masters at Public Relations. Although they have enough military "might" to wreak terror on innocent civilians, they do not have the power to sponsor any kind of military and they do not have the courage to wage a conventional war. They know they would get slaughtered. Instead, they have moved their battlefield to the Media and have found themselves welcomed with open arms. According to the Koran, a practitioner of Islam has no moral compunction against lying to a Dhimmi (a non-Islamic) so they can get on television and spin whatever kind of yarn they want and the West laps it up. Contrast this to English-language translations of the Friday sermons at some Mosques and you will see a huge difference in attitude and stated goals. In the article above, it is interesting to note that Nasrallah said: "he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known..." Remember that Hesbollah denied any knowledge of and responsibility for the kidnapping stating later that the prisoners had been transfered to them from a splinter group. Another lie to the Western Media. It is also interesting to note Nasrallah's ruefulness over starting the war. I don't know if this is crocodile tears (we really are a peaceful people... really...) for the media or if there is some concrete feeling in back of it. If the latter is the case, it shows that he has misjudged the people they are trying to wipe out. Olmert may be a weak leader but if he fails, there are men and women with steel backbones who will take his place and wipe this pox on the face of God off the planet and down to Gehenna where they so belong.