Recovered From "Lebanon Trauma," Israel Decides to Cleanse Lebanon

"Israel's Security Cabinet voted today to send 30,000 ground troops deeper into Lebanon, up to the Litani River, which is about 18 miles from the border. This is a clear indication that Israel has finally gotten over its "Lebanon trauma”, their psychological reaction to their 18-year long occupation of southern Lebanon following their invasion of this country in 1982. Today’s decision was reached after many hours of discussions, but with a clear resolution that the area has to be cleansed from Hizbollah. There will be many lives lost on both sides, but this is, as I have been told over and over again this week in Israel, an existential battle for Israel--one it cannot afford to lose.

Israeli analysts and military leaders believe that Hizbollah’s leader Nasrallah has made a severe strategic mistake by kidnapping the Israelis soldiers in July (in fact, he said so himself). Nasrallah seems to have calculated that the Israeli response would be limited, partly because of its new and inexperienced government. Instead, Israel destroyed most of Hizbollah’s weaponry through its superior air force, and despite initial hesitation, they have finally come around to responding with their ground troops. While Israel has so far been losing the informational war, it has finally begun to tell its side of the story; if it manages to widely circulate the footage of Hizbollah members shooting rockets from their living rooms and demonstrate how houses have been widely used as safehouses, it will be in a much better place to explain why so many civilians have been killed in Lebanon. "
Counterterrorism Blog

It won't make any difference with the "Peace Now" crowd. I mean it don't seem to make any difference to them the fact that Hizbollah started this war to stop a "peace deal" with Hamas that would have recognized Israel.