i am reading opinion columns from the NY Times, Haaretz, Salon, Slate, Washington Post and much more blogs than i would like to admit. my head is starting to hurt.

i think we are in a classic "fog of war" situation. the lack of knowledge of the public, the contradictory press releases of both sides, the "experts" and monday morning quarterbacks (me included) voicing opposing views, all lead to a situation where i don't think it is clear to anyone what is really going on.

is israel wining? is hezbollah winning? does the israeli campaign makes any strategic sense? were the hezbollah surprised by the israeli response? were the israelis surprised by the hezbollah's response to the response? how much did israel damage hezbollah's infrastructure? is israel/hezbollah achieving its goals? what are these goals?

i guess it is just too early to answer most of these questions, and to distinguish between news and propaganda.

hopefully the mess will be over soon, so historians can start their work and generate their contradictory accounts and analysis..