Billmon: Listening to Sy

There's much to digest in Sy Hersh's new piece on the Lebanon war, but the crux of it seems to be right here:

The surprising strength of Hezbollah’s resistance, and its continuing ability to fire rockets into northern Israel in the face of the constant Israeli bombing, the Middle East expert told me, "is a massive setback for those in the White House who want to use force in Iran. And those who argue that the bombing will create internal dissent and revolt in Iran are also set back."