Zbigniew Brzezinski appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live last night to discuss the Israeli war on Lebanon. As usual, he encapsulated the issues very well.

The best portion of the interview was:

KING: Do you think Hezbollah knew how Israel would react to the taking of the soldiers?

BRZEZINSKI: Probably they anticipated some reaction. They didn’t anticipate it would be such a strong reaction. But, to the extent that the strong reaction has been directed rather indiscriminately at the Lebanese, more and more Lebanese are now going to be sympathetic to Hezbollah and hostile to Israel.

KING: so why do you think Israel did that?

BRZEZINSKI: Probably because it didn’t know what to do. Initially was certainly outrage. I suspect that the government is somewhat weak and wants to demonstrate that it is tough. Usually, weak governments tend to overreact.

And I don’t think the Israelis right now have any strategy, other than hitting. And hitting is not, in itself, a strategy.