By waging a “low-intensity” war against Israel, Hezbollah’s slain leader Hassan Nasrallah made a grave miscalculation, the consequences of which the entire nation of Lebanon is now bearing. The pressing question is how to convince Hezbollah to accept the failure of its war. For the moment, the group remains in denial, even though, as Professor Amine Issa notes, it has lost “its main source of persuasion”—its Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah.
Nasrallah’s doctrine, elevated to the status of absolute orthodoxy, will continue to haunt Hezbollah members for a long time. However, the reverence they have for him will prevent them from grasping the lessons of what is unfolding and recognizing the difference between what is achievable and the illusion of what could be achieved.
It is essential to push Hezbollah to change its mindset and move beyond the ideological immaturity that gave it the illusion that history could be shaped at will. Under Iran’s guidance, it believed it could redraw the region’s geopolitical map and erase a state it deems an “artificial creation” and its “religious duty to destroy,” following direct orders from Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
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