INDEED: “One might think that when the battle is between Israel on the one side, tacitly supported by the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, and Jordan, and Hamas on the other, supported by Iran and Hezbollah, one would at least hope for an Israeli victory, even if one is dubious about its prospects. But I get the feeling that for many, it’s more important that Israel, and the world, learn a lesson about the ‘limits of military force’ than that a violent, fanatical, backwards, illiberal, anti-Semitic terrorist organization be humbled defeated.” I’d rather see Hamas learn a lesson about the limits of terrorism, but that’s just me . . . .