"eric" <ericdavis500@gmail.com> Spat the Words

More like 20 years. The last war lasted about 2 decades, and
Hezbollah merely became stronger. You can't kill Hezbollah, unless
you kill all the Lebanese.

20 days is unrealistic. Taking out 2000 militants who are
hiding, well entrenched, and know the neighborhood, will
take at least several months (less if Israel floods the
area with troops, which appears imminent).

The hezbolla are the Lebanese. The Iranians have recruited from
the location populations so killing civilians is about the
same as killing hezbolla. In effect, Lebanon is a puppet
state of Iran.

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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:27:36 -0500, Perseid wrote:

"dreamwalker" <backfromthe@dead.com> Spat the Words

Finally, Israel moves in the ground force. Enough of this
clusterfuck. May Hezbullah find their rightful place in hell.

It now appears Israel is facing a division of Iranian regulars.
This may take a little while.

Whoah - are you serious?!? That would not be good!! 0-o

Woods

Sorry if I've misquoted, but I'm sure I read something today
which quoted some Israeli ranking military officer saying he
believes they are facing a regular division of Iranian
revolutionary guard.

It was in the news with a change of Israeli military command
in the war operations. Well, if true I'm sure we'll hear more.
Here is one very recent quote.

"What we face is like an infantry division (approx. 10,000 troops)
with state-of-the-art weaponry, including nightvision equipped
rifles. It is like a well equipped infantry division made up of
several brigades deployed along our border and totally guided with
planning from Iranian revolutionary guards who are inside Lebanon."

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-09-voa15.cfm

Perhaps this was the quote I read (once again, sorry if
this was a false alarm).

Sounds like a false alarm. None the less, fighting an army that
hides among civillians is tough. In the end, Allah will be eatting
fried pork steak. It a shame Hezbullah doesn't pop off a chemical
warhead over Haifa. If they did, Israel could wrap up this entire
operation in about 30 minutes. Hehe.

It doesn't appear that anything is going into or out of
southern Lebanon until one side or the other has complete
victory (in this case, that would mean wiping out the
other side). I would have to place my bets on the Israelis
winning this.

This is just an ugly slug-fest that could go on for quite
a while.

20 days max. Israel will initially push their armored columns to Latani
River. Should take 3-5 days. Perhaps some light engagement on the way.
Hezbullah knows not to engage the columns directly. They'll hang out
for a day or two for resupply. Then they'll turn around and head south,
se, and sw in a scorched earth campaign. Anything that moves will die.
Ground troops will flush out the dug in Hezbollah forces and air power
will slaughter them. It's too bad Israel doesn't have the tremendous
air power of America's B52's. Saturation bombing from a squadron of
BUFF's would have Hezbullah crying for a suck off of Mohammad's nut
sack. Have to admit, Hezbullah is tough. They have a rigid ideology
similar to the Nazi SS. Probably why many in Europe admire them.

In the end, good shall prevail. If for some reason the operation goes
badly for the Israelis, Syria could jump into the game. Iran? Probably
not. Distance and difficult logistics would get in the way. Not to
mention that US Carrier groups CV-63 and CVN-65 are making their
presence known in the area. Either CVN-72 or CVN-74 have broken off
their EastPac duty and are steaming for the Med Ocean now. They'll park
it off Cyprus. Three carrier groups in the region at once? Not even the
invasion of Iraq had that type of force presence. They're there to make
sure Iran doesn't try anything cute with our boys in Iraq. If they do,
it'll be kabab-e kubideh on the border. Just add seasoning. :-)

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and unlike the
Israelis, not afraid to die for their country.

And Israel will oblige them.