Self-Destructive Strategy?

Fox News

A Washington Post reporter says Israel wants Hezbollah to kill civilians because it's good PR.

Appearing on CNN, Tom Ricks said military analysts tell him: "Israel purposely has left pockets of Hezbollah rockets in Lebanon because as long as they're being rocketed they can continue to have a sort of moral equivalency in their operations in Lebanon." He added: "It helps you with the moral high ground problem because you know your operations in Lebanon are going to be killing civilians as well."

Ricks is standing by his comments despite a public outcry, but tells radio's Hugh Hewitt, "I wish I'd kept my mouth shut."