Lessons learned

Israel sure learned some lessons indeed after their recent failed invasion and attempts to vanquish Hezbollah. This is a good article from The Nation on the recent war in Lebanon. Inspite of the terrible damage inflicted on Lebanon, Israel lost in a major way in that despite overwhelming military force and technology, they could not prevent Hezbollah from fighting back whether firing rockets or ground action.
The real lessons referred in the article title are the ones that we, the public can learn from the conflict. There are 4 here and all are very true and useful. Especially true is that we must not accept a government or state's actions "at face value" which can be applied to the US as well as obviously, Israel. We always have to look at the facts, get the story from both sides and look at any issue critically. The most glaring question relating to Israel's military actions is how does kidnapping several Israeli soldiers justify waging war onto a nation.