Hizbullah Crows; Israel Rolls

As my friend Legalbgl notes below, Israel has capitulated and will be releasing the terrorist child murderer Samir Kuntar in exchange for the remains of Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. It is a serious mistake, and was the reason that those soldiers were captured by Hizbullah in the first place.

Their capture was meant to pressure Israel into releasing terrorists held by Israel. Hamas still holds out hope that a similar deal will result in more Palestinian terrorists released by Israel in exchange for Gilad Shalit.

The Israeli government approved the Hizbullah prisoner swap, and Hizbullah crows loudly that they won.

They did.

And in the following months, the UN did nothing as Hizbullah regrouped, rearmed, and essentially took over the Lebanese government with veto power.

Now, they will celebrate the release of terrorists from Israeli prisons.

UPDATE:
I urge you to read the following, because it highlights what I've been saying here for some time now.

The famous example of Entebbe—when Israeli commandos raided a Ugandan airport 32 years ago and liberated dozens of hostages in one of the most heroic forays of the Israel Defense Forces—was the exception, not the rule. The truth is that in most cases, Israel will pay any price to get its soldiers back.

And that is a weakness exploited time and time again by Israel's enemies.

UPDATE:
Israeli President Shimon Peres pardoned Kuntar. Why? Since when has these prisoner swaps included pardons for past crimes against Israelis? They don't.