I have read comments like this countless times in the past decade:

“ Israel tried and failed to accomplish a similar mission against Hezbollah in 2006. Only then, Hezbollah was less prepared, had fewer combat-trained soldiers and had a meager supply of rockets, mortars and missiles compared to now”

Isn’t it a bit hubristic to not consider that Israel has also had 18 years to re-think how it would conduct a future Lebanon war? Including the possibility of a drawn out (over years, perhaps) attritional strategy that everyone and their mothers has now learned from Russia? I am not saying Israel will necessarily win this, but its clearly not blitzkrieg like last time.

- Shyaku