[rhombus]

More "Israel is losing" propaganda - especially the headline. If Israel were losing there would be no calls for cease fire from the UN. As the article points out, anti-tank weapons are just additional evidence that Israel is fighting more than just the Hezzies. The sooner this is out in the open, the better for the world at large.

[robert jones]

I was puzzled by the propagandistic sounding title. Apparently, the intermediate source was responsible for the change from the original more neutral sounding AP title.

[alloysteel]

Wars, or even battles, are not won or lost on the exercise of only one of the tools in the arsenal.

Tanks DO have vulnerabilities, true, and when one is taken out, it is a spectacular show, a great wounded beast bleeding and dying out there for all to see. But the Israelis have not been DENIED the use of this very valuable asset, only that its application must be adjusted to fit the circumstances. The last thing I would ever claim to be is an armchair general, pontificating on things I know little about. That is why there are War Colleges and War Rooms.

A few tanks were lost. Their function shall have to be replaced somehow. But with the pluck and determination the Israelis have shown up to now, the damage to their battle capabilities will be compensated for, and they shall continue to press the attack. The Hezbollah irregulars have suffered much more grievous damage, far more than they yet admit.

[LibLieSlayer]

press modus operandi... USA bad, Bush bad, Iraq failure, Afghanistan failure, US economy tanking, all evil stems from Conservatives, and Israel is losing. I wonder how hot hell will be for these lying (press) POS demons?!

LLS

[don'tbedenied]

"More "Israel is losing" propaganda - especially the headline. If Israel were losing there would be no calls for cease fire from the UN."

Spot on. Do these reporters even think about the tripe they are writing? Three damaged tanks and 7 dead tankers? Fighting from entrenched positions with modern anti-tank weapons and that's all they can do? Are the Israelis supposed to take no casualties and kill no civilians or the idiots at the AP will declare the Hezzies victorious?
The US lost around 750 armored vehicles at Kasserine Pass. That's "lost" as in destroyed or captured, not "damaged" as in bring it back and repair it.