Why then, asked an unbowed Darren Millar, had Lesley Griffiths told her fellow cabinet members he'd actually been commissioned to "articulate" the case for change?
Hezbollah, which stood against the might of Israel for 33 days during the summer war in 2006 and emerged unbowed, is reckoned to be both stronger and more cohesive than the army should it come to a showdown that neither side seems to be seeking.