Hezbollah is engaged in terrorism, not Israel

In recent days, Israel has conducted history’s most humane, discriminating and militarily successful attack on thousands of terrorists deeply embedded in a civilian population. It did so by turning pagers and walkie-talkies into precision weapons. Middle East expert Michael Doran calls it “Operation Grim Beeper.”

The genius of the Israeli strikes is that the enemy actually did the targeting for the Jewish State. Hezbollah only gave its most important commanders and operatives these communication devices. Once the jihidists realized the extent to which their systems are compromised, they were reduced to meeting face-to-face, affording Israel an opportunity to take them out with more traditional techniques.

So why would Leon Panetta, a top national security Democrat, say that Israel is engaged in “terrorism”? Evidently, like many others in his party, he wants Israel to lose. Fortunately, most Americans disagree.

This is Frank Gaffney.