One could wish that this is a way of drawing Nasrallah out of his bunker to kill him and Kuntar, wasting only one missile. One could wish that a wave of violence and attacks won't follow this prisoner exchange. One could wish that all the weapons smuggled in, and all the heavy infrastructure that that Hizbollah has laid down in South Lebanon is not a prelude to the next war while we still have Olmert and Barak in charge. And one could wish that pigs chewed their cud.

But no amount of wishing is going to change any of the things above.