The Asia Times is carrying a three-part series "How Hezbollah Defeated Israel," arguing that the conflict fundamentally altered the power balance in the middle east away from U.S. and Israeli hegemony. The U.S. media have not seriously addressed the implications in depth, so this is required reading for anyone who wants to understand what is going on in the middle east. (Via Feral Scholar)

Part I - Winning the Intelligence War

Part II - The Ground War

Part III - The Political War


Tags: hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon