Dichter: In hindsight, achievements did not justify decision to go to war in Lebanon

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Some interesting bits.

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He stressed that during the meeting he had already reached the conclusion that air strikes against Hezbollah would lead to rocket fire on northern Israel. Nonetheless, he said he believed the Israel Air Force would be able to reduce the rocket fire.

When asked why he voted in favor of the war despite his doubts, Dichter responded that he believed that the war would only last a few days.

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Dichter added that he was opposed to the IAF's massive bombing of the Dahiya quarter in southern Beirut on the third day of the war, saying it was "the point in which I believe we influenced the campaign, the pace of escalation, and in my opinion, we shouldn't have done it."

"It was clear that these were very, very massive attacks, that were almost reminiscent of 1982," he said.

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