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2007-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Lebanon's army wants more U.S. military aid

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Charlie Wilson would have taken care of them.

Posted by Super Hose 2007-08-15 00:48|| 2007-08-15 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 first thing I would do is lend them a battalion of seabees and start clearing that rubble from the ouside and work toward the middle. Start clearing out the damaged buildings and making open space the enemy can't hide in. Scrape it down to bare earth and start working relentlessly toward the remaining square kilometer.

Where are those guys getting their drinking water from? I would be looking at cutting that off too. People can't live for weeks on air, they have to be getting water from someplace.

I would be dumping CS down every storm drain and sewer in the place and just lobbing it generally into that area. Underground bunkers need to get air from someplace. Food can be stockpiled. Water and air are more difficult to stockpile.

In an urban siege like that, I can't see where more sophisticated weapons are going to do them a whole lot of good. They would just bounce the rubble a little higher. What they need is more sophisticated training and tactics.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-08-15 03:43|| 2007-08-15 03:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they could rent some of the IDF "Corrie-flat--a-pillars" and do their own urban renewal....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-08-15 14:54|| 2007-08-15 14:54|| Front Page Top

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