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Is doing quite well good enough?

Israel does not have an unlimited amount of time to conduct this war. The pressure is growing for a ceasefire, which at this point would be a big victory for Hezbollah. The US is stalling as hard as it can to buy Israel more time, sending Rice around to urge peace while blocking action. But that will buy Israel weeks, not months.

It seems to me that Israel needs to be on a path that will achieve success in at most one month. If airstrikes won't eliminate Hezbollah's ability to rocket Israeli cities and cross Israeli borders, then Israel must escalate, and escalate rapidly. That is my opinion, anyway.

I'm not talking about what's moral or "right", although I have my opinion there. I'm talking about what is practical. From a practical standpoint, I am thinking that Israel's leaders are making the mistake of being timid.