With the Labor Day holiday, much of the crazy news seems to have taken the day off. As a result we have to go overseas to find the bizarre news item of the day. Here's my candidate:
Yesterday, Hezbollah launched anti-tank missiles at an Israeli base along the border with Lebanon. When the attack happened, Israeli flew medical helicopters into the base that was hit and evacuated soldiers. Smoke was seen rising from the site of the missile strike. Hezbollah announced that it had hit an Israeli truck and killed and wounded soldiers. Today, it turns out that no one was killed, no one was wounded, no vehicles were hit. The whole thing was a sham staged by Israel after the attack with smoke grenades and mock evacuations. It was done to fool Hezbollah into ending the attack. And it worked. Hezbollah made a claim to causing casualties that really hadn't happened and destroying equipment that hadn't been touched. As a result, Hezbollah looks foolish.
But here's the question. If the strategy of phony casualties and damage worked to stop the attack by hezbollah, why are the Israelis now admitting to it? Wouldn't they want to repeat the ploy again?
Yesterday, Hezbollah launched anti-tank missiles at an Israeli base along the border with Lebanon. When the attack happened, Israeli flew medical helicopters into the base that was hit and evacuated soldiers. Smoke was seen rising from the site of the missile strike. Hezbollah announced that it had hit an Israeli truck and killed and wounded soldiers. Today, it turns out that no one was killed, no one was wounded, no vehicles were hit. The whole thing was a sham staged by Israel after the attack with smoke grenades and mock evacuations. It was done to fool Hezbollah into ending the attack. And it worked. Hezbollah made a claim to causing casualties that really hadn't happened and destroying equipment that hadn't been touched. As a result, Hezbollah looks foolish.
But here's the question. If the strategy of phony casualties and damage worked to stop the attack by hezbollah, why are the Israelis now admitting to it? Wouldn't they want to repeat the ploy again?
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