Sorry?

Hassan Nassrallah does'nt deserve the benefit of the doubt. Besides, he wasn't talking to you.

So I screwed up. What's the big deal?

Many commentators are making a big deal out of Hezbollah's leader's comment that he wouldn't have captured the Israeli soldiers had he known that Israel would retaliate this ferociously. Hmm, what's the euphemism for "bullshit"?

Nassrallah's comments were not in earnest for five reasons:

1. He saw what the Israelis did in Gaza just to release one captured Israeli Soldier
2. He understood Olmert's insecurity and overcompensation due to his lack of military background
3. He declared that whether the Lebanese like it or not, he's going to fight this war (which negates the argument that he's backtracking because the Lebanese are angry)
4. He received enough Israeli warnings and signals on the scale of the war before the operations begun
5. He always argued that he knew all along that the Israelis were preparing to wage a large-scale war on Lebanon
   

So, if Nassrallah is not saying sorry to the Lebanese, whom is he saying sorry to? Here's a hint:

Nasrallah [..] has accounts to settle with Iran. The regime in Tehran has not only seen its main reason for supporting Hezbollah go up in smoke in a largely futile endeavor, but must now dole out large sums of compensation money to Lebanese Shiites so the party can hold on to its base of support, even as Iran's poor complain their regime has left them by the wayside. Iran will probably pay out the money (though I've heard unconfirmed reports of delays), but of what value is this if Hezbollah cannot fire on Israel in the event of an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities? Or, to the contrary, of what value is the compensation if, by firing on Israel at Tehran's behest, Hezbollah only brings new destruction down on the heads of Shiites, who might then turn against Nasrallah?

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