Revise & Extend

Well. It begins to look as though proclamations of Israeli defeat, including my own, might have been a tad premature. I'm guessing Olmert got the word, and has turned the war over to his field commanders. Three divisions of reserves called up, making something around 200-225,000 armored troops deployed, (plus 55,000 air force) and headed into the Lebanese interior. How far they will go? The original 25 miles is suddenly looking like an underestimate. Was the early part of the campaign mostly meant to cut off Hezbollah escape routes? If they were surprised by the ferocity of Israel's initial response, they must be running out of clean underwear about now. Maybe Hezbollah will end up shredded, after all. Ojala.

Byron