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2008-10-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Israel would destroy Hezbollah in war: general

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 A phone call from Miss Rice in 5..4..3

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-04 05:51|| 2008-10-04 05:51|| Front Page Top

#2 LOL like they did the last 2 times.

Israel needs to man up a little. Or maybe they like the leash? Eh Grom? Leash gives a little wiggle room for fear maybe? Intellectual room to blame every thing on a certain Ms. Rice and BushItler? A way to look past the absolute collapse of IDF deterance - in the name of armed purity. Jeeebus (c wut I did thar?) give it a break and get back to work.

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-04 06:30|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-04 06:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Or maybe they like the leash?

Sooooo Victorian.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-04 06:54|| 2008-10-04 06:54|| Front Page Top

#4 "Israel would destroy Hezbollah in war"

Faster please.

Posted by Ulusoling Hatfield4645 2008-10-04 07:40|| 2008-10-04 07:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Let's hope this time Israel means it. With Olmert gone, there is at least the possibility they really do.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-10-04 08:14|| 2008-10-04 08:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Israel is great at "smashing seashells on the beach" after the tide has rolled out, but they never erect a sea wall to keep the tide from rolling back in again.

If they had some wit about them, they would make a deal with Egypt, so that after Israel had thumped Hezbollah, Egypt would send a very large, Sunni "peacekeeping" unit into Lebanon to insure Lebanon remained peaceful.

They might even convince the Saudis to pay for it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-10-04 09:43|| 2008-10-04 09:43|| Front Page Top

#7 That would be an unmitigated disaster. Southern Lebanon is Shi'a, and all such a plan would do is guarantee lots of bloodshed and casualties.

Posted by Steve White 2008-10-04 12:39|| 2008-10-04 12:39|| Front Page Top

#8 sounds more like a feature than a bug...

Posted by Abu do you love 2008-10-04 13:26|| 2008-10-04 13:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Just be certain to smash the BBC roving propaganda crews at the same time as the villages.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-10-04 15:43|| 2008-10-04 15:43|| Front Page Top

#10 If I were Israel, I'd begin looking into converting a Boeing 737 or 757 into a manned bomber, so I could really SEED an area with as few flights as possible. I don't think there's a functionally-specific bomber aircraft that would do for the Israelis, but they need a heavy load hauler that can speak with a deep voice in dealing with Arabs.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-10-04 21:22|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-10-04 21:22|| Front Page Top

#11 So when you admit it, you are telling the villagers not to let Hezbollah hide there or you wil l die with them. You are also telling Hezbollah that if they want massive civilian casualities they should spread their rockets around. Perhaps starting the offensive from a van in the middle of a village that isn't friendly to Hezbollah so that it gets tarred by retaliation.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-10-04 21:45|| 2008-10-04 21:45|| Front Page Top

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