[Centurion2000]

"To the best of my understanding, they (Hezbollah) are as well-equipped as any standing unit in the Syrian or Iranian armies,"

Considering how well the IDF is crushing these insects, this is good information to know in case the war expands to bring those powers in.

[xkaydet65]

I'm not entirely sure that the IDF is crushing Hezbollah. Even the IDF's numbers viv a vis Hez casualties are a small fraction of the available Hez forces.I don't think we've seen large scale infantry encounters and I don't think Hez is doing a Stalingrad. In '82 by this time the IDF had already pinned Arafat and the PLO up against the Med with Arafat screaming for help.

Hexbollah's hurt, but crushed, not yet, and if the Euros and Russia have their way not ever as the push for a cease fire grows.

One serious problem for the IDF is sustainability.Can a militia army of a small nation sustain a war over a long period of time. This is perhaps the first time since they shoved Hussein's Jordanians out of the West Bank that the IDF has faced a well trained and motivated opponent. Hussein's bedouins fought by the rules as soldiers, it will be far more difficult to root out Hezbollah who see a civilian as a shield.