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2006-12-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria builds 'death trap' villages along border in preparation for war

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Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-21 19:40|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So you napalm the villages and move past them. What's the big deal?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-12-21 19:58|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-21 19:58|| Front Page Top

#2 napalm, artillery the remainder, bulldoze the rubble and remaining fodder and move on - why would Israel care? They don't want more of Syrians, just less of Syrian activity. Best way to achieve that? Demolish Damascus and the leadership. Second best? Less Syrians.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-21 20:42|| 2006-12-21 20:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Asymmetrical warfare doesn't work between nation states. This might work against an Israeli occupation after Damascus falls, but it certainly won't help Assad. However, if Israel simply destroys Syria and lets the IAF occasionally bounce the rubble, this is all for naught.

Posted by RWV 2006-12-21 20:55|| 2006-12-21 20:55|| Front Page Top

#4 The Syrians are obviously hoping Olmert will be in charge when the Israelis crush the Assad regime : that way, Olmert will sabotage any and all functional military moves by the IDF. That is the only way these "deathtraps" will do anything more than slightly slow down the Merkavas as they head up the highway to Damascus.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-12-21 21:00|| 2006-12-21 21:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Didn't somebody once say something about fighting the last war? Is that what this is?

Posted by Jomoting Elmique6652 2006-12-21 21:05|| 2006-12-21 21:05|| Front Page Top

#6 ME Radicalist version of the Commie "War/Battle/
Local Zone" active defense strategy, via ASSASSINS MACE. Prob is Assad isn't a hardline Radicalist like Moud, and Syria-Iran [hopefully] don't have NUCLEARIZED-NBC TACTICAL/BATTLEFIELD ARTILLERY YET. By 2008-2009, IRAN is expected to have both [INDIGENOUS?] NUKE WARHEADS + EFFECTIVE MISSLE DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-21 21:10|| 2006-12-21 21:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Flat out artillery barrages along a front seldom work, even going back to WWI.

The typical tactic that would be used for this would be to have light cavalry from the main body make several penetration points, through which the main body flows. Then some APCs, or the like, are used to police up the front positions, or villages, from the rear, as the main body continues forward against any second eschelon the enemy has waiting.

This prevents the villages from being used as points to attack the flank or to cut off supply lines to the main body.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-21 21:54|| 2006-12-21 21:54|| Front Page Top

#8 they don't understand that Israel would be at war with SYRIA -- not with an entity within syria. Thus, "villages" are more acceptable targets.

Posted by PlanetDan 2006-12-21 21:58|| 2006-12-21 21:58|| Front Page Top

#9 moose: I was in no way advocating artillery barrages as the sole answer... just an arrow in the quiver.... however, it is a way to say: "pencilneck won't protect you now!" :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-21 22:31|| 2006-12-21 22:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Is there an epidemic of brain-death? Israeli troops flattened the 3 major Hezbollah terror centers, including South Beirut. The IDF used WW2 "encirclement" techniques where the so-called "death traps" existed. I recall that the IDF suffered less than 50 combat deaths in face to face warfare.

Unfortunately, Israeli domestic politics, where the opposition is expected to criticize the ruling party, served up rhetoric material for the enemy.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-21 22:40|| 2006-12-21 22:40|| Front Page Top

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