‘It Created a Political Nightmare, Which Then Led to Horrific Human Rights Abuses’: Fareed Zakaria Recalls Israel’s Invasion of Lebanon

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ZAKARIA: "But what happens then, you know, the — Israel invaded Lebanon and militarily you could argue that they — that it all went well. You remember this, Anderson, in the ‘80s. But it created a political nightmare, which then led to horrific human rights abuses and Sabra and Shatila camp. So it’s just worth remembering that in these kinds of situations, unless you have a kind of political idea of where this is going to go, just going in and beating up bad guys, satisfying as that will seem, is not enough. I also wonder whether this is really government which was essentially caught napping on what, you know, one of your guests just said was the greatest strategic failure of an Israeli government in its history. If this government feels it has to do something big and bold and dramatic to show that it is taking you know, taking vengeance, in some ways that is it overcompensating for its own mistakes.”