So, while Hezbollah has not decisively won its current war with Israel, by maintaining its ability to fight in the face of the might of the Israeli army, it has captured the imagination of Arabs, restoring lost pride in the same way as the Egyptian Army’s crossing of the Suez Canal in the war of 1973 did. Restored pride was central to Anwar Sadat’s eventual decision to go to Jerusalem and regain the entire Sinai Peninsula for Egypt.
战争不仅仅是在战场上决出胜负，而且是在人们的心目之中。所以，尽管真主党没有在与以色列目前的战争中赢得决定性胜利，但是，通过在以色列军队的强势面前维持其战斗能力，它却赢得了阿拉伯人的想象，象埃及军队在1973年战争中横跨苏伊士运河那样恢复了丢失的自豪感。恢复自豪是萨达特最终决定挺进耶路撒冷并且为埃及重新掌握整个西奈半岛的中心目的。