Unsure victory

On the streets of London and L.A. (via) there are enthusiasts for Hizbollah. Inside Lebanon not all are quite so keen.

And did Hizbollah score a triumph? So I have read many times. Some are unpersuaded of that:

"If Hezbollah won a victory, it was a Pyrrhic one," says Walid Abi-Mershed, a leading Lebanese columnist. "They made Lebanon pay too high a price - for which they must be held accountable."
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Having lost more than 500 of its fighters, and with almost all of its medium-range missiles destroyed, Hezbollah may find it hard to sustain its claim of victory. "Hezbollah won the propaganda war because many in the West wanted it to win as a means of settling score with the United States," says Egyptian columnist Ali al-Ibrahim. "But the Arabs have become wise enough to know TV victory from real victory."

See also Michael Young here, and now... Hassan Nasrallah:

[His] frank admission seems designed to quell in advance disquiet at the price Lebanon has had to pay for Hizbollah's actions.

(Thanks: MK.)