Congressman: 'Lebanon war offers lesson on Iraq' | Jerusalem Post

Congressman: 'Lebanon war offers lesson on Iraq' | Jerusalem Post: "Israel's handling of last summer's controversial conflict in Lebanon should serve as a model for the United States and its own war in Iraq, a leading US congressman told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

'America can learn from Israel to the extent that the Israelis knew after 34 days that it was not the success they had anticipated and that it was time to pursue alternative courses,' said House Foreign Affairs Middle East and South Asian Subcommittee Chairman Gary Ackerman (D-New York). 'We have not learned that, and we continue to be stuck in the mud.'

He praised Israel for understanding that 'there had to be a complete top to bottom, bottom to top review' of the military before then acting on that review, referring to the Winograd Report's findings on the government's mistakes during the conflict.

At the same time in America, he charged, 'We have an administration that's still in denial.'" Read complete post here.