Israel: 7 days from euphoria to humiliation

I’ve been a keen follower of the adventures of the Israeli Defense Forces since the Six Day War. I have never seen Israel jump at a ceasefire proposal with the unseemly haste demonstrated this past week. Something doesn’t add up. Just days ago Israel and its main water-boy Uncle Sam were bragging up their “total control” of Iranian airspace. The prevailing view in our pro-Israel commentariat (i.e. all mainstream media) was that, while we naturally abhor unprovoked wars of aggression, in this case the Israelis are doing the world a favour! It must be plainly obvious by now, that after 20 months, the war on Gaza is a failure. That’s about 18 months longer than all other wars in the history of Israel combined. It’s also obvious that “total control of the skies” was mostly imaginary. The Iron Dome fraud has been irrevocably exposed as… well, a fraud. When the enemies of Israel can deliver ballistic missiles, seemingly at will, to every city in the land, it’s time to stop bragging about your superiority and start looking for a “Plan B.”