Success and failure in any military operation is based upon the ability of an action to achieve it's objectives, Israel set out almost a month ago to degrade and destroy Hezbollah, get back it’s soldiers, and kill Hassan Nasrallah. In every objective it set it has failed abysmally, Israeli officials speak of degrading the infrastructure of Hezbollah. But the infrastructure of Hezbollah remains largely intact, the ability of Hezbollah to continue fighting is a testament to the resiliency of the organization. Hezbollah will not be pushed back to the Litani River for at least a month, and as Hezbollah is pushed north Israel’s supply lines will grow longer as Hezbollah supply lines grow shorter. Israel will have more land it has to defend and Hezbollah will be able to concentrate it’s efforts.