A fleeting glimpse of victory for Hezbollah

An Israeli panel says Olmert’s leadership was ‘a failure’ during the Hezbollah War. This supports the position of many conflict watchers that Hezbollah (and Syria and Iran by extension) did in fact win the upper hand in last year’s conflict.

However, the forces to replace Olmert with a more hawkish leader seem far stronger than Olmert’s allies. I have a hard time thinking that Olmert’s eventual replacement will deal with Hezbollah less sternly, and this cannot bode well for Damascus and Tehran.