22nd day of war, not one single military target reached? Is this true?

[seemslikeadream]

I just read this article by Avnery and I would like comments please

http://www.counterpunch.org/avnery08032006.html

War of the Generals
Knife in the Back
By URI AVNERY

The day after the war will be the Day of the Long Knives.

Everybody will blame everybody else. The politicians will blame each other. The generals will blame each other. The politicians will blame the generals. And, most of all, the generals will blame the politicians.

Always, in every country and after every war, when the generals fail, the "knife in the back" legend raises its head. If only the politicians had not stopped the army just when it was on the point of achieving a glorious, crushing, historic victory

That's what happened in Germany after World War I, when the legend gave birth to the Nazi movement. That's what happened in America after Vietnam. That's what is going to happen here. The first stirrings can already be felt.



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THE SIMPLE truth is that up to now, the 22nd day of the war, not one single military target has been reached. The same army that took just six days to rout three big Arab armies in 1967 has not succeeded in overcoming a small "terrorist organization" in a time span that is already longer than the momentous Yom Kippur War. Then, the army succeeded in just 20 days in turning a stunning defeat at the beginning into a resounding military victory at the end.

In order to create an image of achievement, military spokesmen asserted yesterday that "we have succeeded in killing 200 (or 300, or 400, who is counting?) of the 1000 fighters of Hizbullah." The assertion that the entire terrifying Hizbullah consisted of one thousand fighters speaks for itself.

According to correspondents, President Bush is frustrated. The Israeli army has not "delivered the goods".

[acmavm]

1. If george is 'frustrated' suit him up, put him in the cockpit of his

own jet, and send the little soldier on his way. He can do more than be the Decider. He can be Superman. He already thinks he is.

[Dhalgren]

2. Very good commentary. Very astute.

In all of my discussions with anyone who would oblige, I have never been able to satisfactorily grasp why Israel had launched this ill-conceived war. Nothing anyone said nor anything any commentator wrote made any sense regarding the 'why' of it. This writer gives as good an explanation as we are likely to get - the 'why' was stupidity...