Unfortunately, for Israel to truly win this long war with her Arab neighbors would take all-out war that not only degrades the enemy in his military infrastructure but also is punitive. Israel will never be allowed to inflict enough pain on the Arabs so that they would finally give up Allah’s commands to restore the integrity and honor of the Ummah.

Incursions like Lebanon in 2006 and this one only buy Israel time and postpone the day when a reckoning has to be settled once and for all. History is full of examples of how kicking the can down the road eventually means the journey of history outpaces your best calculations.