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Just a small set of observations

For those of you that are absolutely certain that "Israel can't win" in Lebanon I'd like you point out, that Israel is going where it pleases, how it pleases, when it pleases throughout the region.

"General Media" might be entertaining to us here at home but he is nearly useless in the battlefield.

Gen. Media has once again failed to stop tanks, artillery, helicopters and personnel carriers.

Despite what we are all being told about how its a "pushbutton war", fought by polls and public opinion, Wars are always won by some guy standing in a field holding a rifle who refuses to be removed.

Despite what you've been told, those who oppose western civilization are not 20 feet tall and unbeatable. They are not superhuman, they have fear and dread just like the rest of us. They die just like the rest of us.

One other point - Winning forces rarely call for "cease fire". If Hezbollah was really winning, the very last thing you would hear is a call for "cease fire".

Peace does not come through the pen of diplomats. Peace only comes with capitulation. So long as there is no capitulation, there will be no peace. While it hasnt always been so, Egypt and Jordan now live in peace with Israel. It will someday also be true of Lebanon and Syria.

Israel is winning because despite every effort to remove it, it is still there. Every day that Israel exists, is a victory against the forces of hate.


UPDATE:

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Israeli soldiers from a combat engineer batallion smile for the camera on Tuesday( Photo Appears Coutesty of FOX News ).

There you go! That's better.

UPDATE II: CNN is reporting that Israeli troops have landed 10 miles north of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley,making even my predictions of the size of the Israeli movement into Lebanon look conservative.

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"Israeli aircraft flew support missions as troops hit the ground about 10 km north of Baalbeck in the Bekaa Valley near the Syrian border, the sources said.

The Lebanese army also reported heavy helicopter traffic east and west of the town.

Israeli troops entered Hikma Hospital in northern Baalbeck, where they checked the identification cards of all staff and patients, the sources said, adding that there was no indication that anyone was taken from the hospital. "

The Bekaa used to be so controlled by Syria that even the IDF Air Force had a great deal of difficulty flying up there, now it seems that its safe enough to fly in troop carrying helicopters. That means that Anti-Aircraft, even shoulder mounted missiles are not much of a threat. The Israelis appear to have landed, what appears to be a substantial amount of troops in the capital city of the region, just 10 miles from the border of Syria and have some ability to maneuver in an area that used to be a solid Syrian enclave.

Posted @ August 01, 2006 10:27 AM | Current Affairs

Comments

"My belief is that the Israelis will strike heavy from the Golan going north at breakneck speed with the largest movement of armor since the 6 Day War. Just prior to that, the Bekaa will be hammered into utter oblivion by the air."

They did airstrikes , but they simply occupied it!!
Isn't vindication sweet? It's like reading the obituaries and seeing another S O B that met his just desserts... one of life's great rewards if one lives long enough.

Posted by: max muller at August 1, 2006 10:33 PM