The traumatic experience of the Lebanon war in 2006 has made Israel’s leadership wary of yet another asymmetric war where a clear-cut victory can never be claimed, and where the arithmetic of blood is always bound to turn the casualties of the superior force, Israel, into a domestic crisis.
2006年的黎巴嫩所带来的巨大创伤使以色列领导人对于另一次双方力量不对称的战争显得非常谨慎。他们不敢保证是否能取得明确胜利，而对伤亡人数的估计肯定会使力量完全占优的以军的伤亡引发国内的危机。