Asymmetric war: the power of the 'weak'

The war on Hezbollah in 2006 and now the war on Hamas have proved "the ability of the weak to take up arms against the strong, contain aggression and win the war." The two elements, i.e., men and missiles have played the pivotal role in deciding the fate of these wars. The war on Hezbollah is fresh in our memory, yet the Israelis, failed to learn the lesson and repeated the mistake in their war on Hamas.
Israel made great deal of preparations to wage war against Hamas. As the first step they ensured complete economic siege of Gaza; won-over the sympathy of PLO and the secular Arab countries, such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Palestine. Thus, Hamas became "the current Satan and PLO almost a branch of the Zionist organisation," and in collusion with the United States of America, prepared the ground for assault on Hamas. A recent article by Gareth Peter, titled Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault, in Huffington Post January 5, 2009, exposes the conspiracy behind this war and the objective to be achieved: "Dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism, liquidate Hamas rule in Gaza and establish law and order."
Whereas, the undeclared objectives are:
? To avenge the defeat of war with Hezbollah.
? Destroy the life-supporting infrastructure in Gaza to induce total anarchy with population uprising to over throw the regime.
? Liquidate Hamas rule and throw Gaza into the arms of Egypt and subject the West Bank to perpetual domination of Israel.
? To offer the gift of victory to Bush in his last days in the White House - January 20, 2009.
? To gain political advantage for the Israeli government for the forthcoming elections on February 10, 2009.
Despite the fact that the Israeli government endlessly repeated on all the news programmes and talk shows, not to repeat the mistakes of Lebanon war 2006, yet, this did not change the fact: the Gaza war is almost exact replica of 2006 Lebanon war, and therefore, what we are witnessing today is defeat, staring in the face of the Israeli army, whereas the real engagement with the hard core Hamas fighters has yet to begin.
The three dimensional assault by the Israeli armed forces has continued for over two weeks now. Aerial bombardment combined with naval and field artillery bombardment has destroyed the entire life-supporting infrastructure, causing more than 950 civilian deaths including over 100 children. After such ruthless massacre, the assaulting Israeli infantry, supported by tanks, heavy artillery and air cover, attempted to close up with the built-in fortified positions of Hamas, but suffered casualties and were forced to withdraw and found it safe to deploy at a distance from the built up areas. The Gaza strip was further divided and the assaulting troops once again tried to break through the defences, but again were beaten back by Hamas fighters, inflicting heavy casualties. Now for the last ten days, the Israeli infantry, supported by tanks is operating only on the peripheries, while, the heavy weapons and aircrafts continue to pound selected targets, including UN-run schools, causing more death and destruction, with such brutal display of inhumanism. Despite such shameful defeat, the Israelis, continue to follow their Six Days War hero, Moshe Dayans' theory, that "the Jewish problem can be solved only through dash and ferocity, rather than by the traditional Jewish virtues of subtlety and patience." (Geoffrey Wheat craft).