[jeffers]

AdmSmith wrote:

"The command and control system of Hezbollah has to be destroyed, as
they are waiting for orders, a crackdown of the leadership may destroy Hezbollah."



Is there a command and control system at the tactical level? These guys are told to sit in a room and wait till the Israelis show up. I don't see any way inside that particular decision making cycle.

But they also have to eat, and eliminate waste, and sleep, and drink water. They cannot use their weapons when they run out of ammuition. Stockpiles built to last a hundred years have a way of running out in two weeks under an offensive or full scale defensive.

First interdict the log chain, then go house to house, using well proven MOUT tactics, until every house has been cleared.

At the same time, Iran and Syria have to be confronted.

Half measures and decisions avoided not only prolong the current crisis, such waffling is rapidly and alarmingly increasing strength and support for the terrorists across all of Islam.

During and after this set of priorities, hezbollah leadership can and should be addressed, but I do not think that focusing there will change much of the current situation.

Civil war in Lebanon should probably not be Israel's primary concern at this time.

However, your post might be extremely useful if distributed across the full of Lebanon. If non-aligned Lebanese understand exactly what Hezbollah has in mind for them later on, it could have significant effect upon Hezbollah's current and future capacity to adhere to their strategy of sitting tight and waiting for the IDF.

[AdmSmith]

I wrote
"The command and control system of Hezbollah has to be destroyed, as
they are waiting for orders, a crackdown of the leadership may destroy Hezbollah."

Jeffers wrote

"Is there a command and control system at the tactical level? These guys are told to sit in a room and wait till the Israelis show up. I don't see any way inside that particular decision making cycle."


My answer:
That is correct with respect to the terrorists sitting in the room(s), but I was thinking about those firing missiles, they do not have a pre-dtermined plan, but get their information through a command chain (perhaps using cellular phones)

in the article they said:
"We have specific orders. Even when we fire rockets we know when and where to fire and each of the men manning the launchers runs to a specific hiding place after firing the rockets."

But I do not think that they have a plan for the next 100 days, it must be done on orders sent a few hours before launch.