From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Jim Adams wrote:
> What is amazing to me is the weaponry Hezbollah has.  Cruise missiles,
> rockets with a range of over 100 miles?  For a non-state militia?  It
> would be as if the Confederate Air Force had functioning weapons to go
> with their planes.
>
> What I would like to see is the Israelis reduce Hezbollah to an extent
> that the Lebanese Army could take over the border.  The Lebanese
> government has ceded that to Hezbollah.
>

ROFLMAO. Ah the history of Lebanon.

(A) The other militia leaders are still in being & the weapons are
still around for the druze under Jumblatt, Amal, the phalange etc.etc.
There was a meeting a while back of the powerfull in Lebanon & it was a
1980'es who's who of militia leaders.

(B) No one wants a strong Lebanese mil. Imagine the horror in Tel Aviv
& Damascus if the Lebanese acquired a working air defence system, sea
defence system, well equipped army etc.etc.

It has been a sine qua non of recent middle eastern politics to keep Lebanon weak.

(C) That purposefully leaves Lebanon open to invasion/foreign take
over/occupation. The only force which can stop that is Hezbollah. This has
been purposeful as a sovereign Lebanese mil could buy missiles (esp Russian
SAM & Anti Ship missiles) etc quite openly on the world market &
really the Israelis & Syrians would have no way to object to it.



> That being said, the Israelis have gone over-board with their
> destruction of bridges, apartments, etc.  Their strikes should have been
> a bit more surgical.

Chuckle. Why? They have an American veto in the UNSC so.....

Adam

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