"This plan was supposed to have begun with a surprise air onslaught against the Hezbollah high command in Beirut, before they would have had time to relocate to their underground bunkers. This was to have been followed immediately by large scale airborne and seaborne landing operations, in order to get several divisions on the Litani River line, enabling them to outflank Hezbollah's "Maginot line" in southern Lebanon."
Even arm-chair generals were wondering why they didn't do this. Now we know: Politicians.
5 posted on 08/10/2006 1:22:24 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
(Islamofascists' tactics are all War Crimes according to the Geneva Convention.)