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Monday a.m. Prep Fires 7 Aug
By Maj P
Right. Let's see what we can see...
Israel and Lebanon: standard coverage here and here. This war-- sorry, this CAMPAIGN-- will be done when it's done and not one minute before. It's lamentable that widespread destruction must ensue, but those who are really interested in peace need to let the fighting culminate in a decision. The lingering question remains, What next? Who in southern Lebanon is willing simply to live next to the state of Israel without actively seeking conflict with it? After the dust settles, we'll see.
A couple interesting items on information warfare at Counterterrorism Blog.
On the humorous side, I saw this headline, Military Blimps Report for Duty, and was pleased to read that it did not cover overweight reservists being called up.
Also in the ha-ha vein, today's Day by Day cartoon scores a direct hit.
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Equal technology?? Huh??
Does Hizb'allah have F-16s and Merkavas now?
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Unfortunately, I don't see this war ending any time soon. Two articles in the last two days have caught my eye, and further cemented this view:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/world/middleeast/07hezbollah.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14208385/
The IDF is up against a foe that while may not have as much preponderance, seems to have equal technology, and a higher level of force employment on its own terrain.
In my opinion, I don't believe the IDF can win this one. Even if they are able to defeat Hezbollah militarily (the pope would probably sooner become Protestant though), their radical ideology won't suddenly go away; and its not like Hezbollah will go away beyond temporarily anyway as long as the despotic regimes in Iran and Syria are there to prop them up.