If intending to stop kidnapping of its Soldiers-The war with Hezbollah succeeded

An AP story at Yahoo cites Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah as saying,

"We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not,"

Nasrallah has stated this before during the war. One thing that can be assured is if it was Israeli's intention to ensure its Soldiers would never be kidnapped again, its war with Hezbollah was a success from that point.

However, given the fact that Israel struck and continues to strike Gaza over the kidnapping of Cpl Shalit, one has to wonder why Nasrallah thought he could do the same two weeks later with impunity.

Maybe, just maybe, facing great internal descent in Lebanon, Nasrallah is trying to turn the blame away from himself to Israel.

Either way, this represents another loss for Hezbollah and a victory for Israel.