“There’s an old saying,” President John F. Kennedy said in 1961. “Victory has 100 fathers, and defeat is an orphan.”
Kennedy was speaking to reporters about a failed U.S.-backed attempt to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Both press and policymakers would be well advised to heed this admonition when considering the looming war in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israel for nearly a year. The U.S.-designated terrorist group calls for Israel’s destruction. And after the Hamas-led massacre last Oct. 7, Hezbollah saw an opportunity. Less than 24 hours after Hamas attacked Israel and perpetrated the largest slaughter of Jewish civilians since the Holocaust, its fellow Iranian proxy lent a helping hand.
(Read the rest of CAMERA’s Oct. 1, 2024 Op-Ed in the Washington Times)