Posted on 08/10/2006 8:58:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Love is a Battlefield
IDF soldier received heart shaped cookie somewhere near the Lebanon border...
Shep to Col. Hunt: Every time we try to predict what will happen we look stupid.
ROFLMAO!!!
Another interesting post at NRO:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
A Quick Parsing of the Resolution [John Podhoretz]
It's not a disaster, for this reason: The language of Paragraph 10, point 1, reads "Calls for a full cessation of hostilities based upon, in particular, the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations." This is not parallel language. Hezbollah must cease all attacks. Israel must only cease "offensive military operations." Since Israel itself defines its own action in South Lebanon as by definition defensive, not offensive, there's a lot of give here. Besides which, will Hezbollah really cease "all attacks"?
I'll say right now the U.S. has done everything possible for Israel (in the current situation) and we still are. As for whether Israel could have done more ... yes. Will they do more...? Why not.
Now, I wonder if Israel still has civilians in bomb shelters in the north or whether they have relocated all further south...
Anomaly in Illinois
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Okay guys I must out myself from lurking for a moment.
We must remain calm and watch what they do and not what they say. Ten tanks moving back & forth for
Shep's hysterical benefit means nothing.
We are witnessing the biggest @%&$-Storm of dis-info I have ever seen.
A wise freeper on these threads earlier quoted I believe Churchill 'In war truth is so precious it must be
accompanied by a bodyguard of lies.'
My spidey senses tell me we are witness to an amazing display meant to keep everyone guessing and off
balance.
Sit back and learn from the grown-ups in this administration how to use the traitorous media to your
advantage and play UN diplomats like pros.
(on the other hand I may be an eternal optimist who would never want to admit defeat, heh)
Hear, hear.
Actions speak louder than words.
Saddle up, boys!!
The IDF use of the MLRS with cluster munitions would imply that some things were in the open, would it not?
Is it possible the rats are leaving the ship?
An earlier thread noted that the hezbos were short of food and water.
It ain't over till its over.
Under these rules of engagement, yes. Will they? That's a different question.
and BTW Mark Levin is also a FReeper
Israel will not keep its reserves on standby for a long time..not the way it works..they are too important as civilains(at least that is what i heard)
Bravo! Exactly right!
This would be my educated guess, too. And, it makes sense.
"I wonder if this UN resolution will allow us to position our troops in Lebanon (under the UN banner). Then, when the hezbos attack again, we can help Israel clean up."
Not going to happen. Condi just said so about 2 minutes ago on CNN interview w/Wolf Blitzer.
As recent events have shown, that is not possible. We are not allowed to fight back, but must beg for quick, quiet deaths.
I am pretty sickened right now.
I can't disagree with your disappointment, because I share it completely as well. But trust me when I say that this is the exact charge that our enemy will use against our soldiers if they feel they have us by the horns. I hope I didn't sound too strong responding to what you wrote, and if I did, please forgive me. I just prefer to make sure those families hold tight to an honorable sacrifice in their grief, and that the enemy does not think they've had the last laugh.
Do you know why the US military is the greatest the world has ever seen?
Because of who we've fought against...Starting with the world's greatest syuperpower of the time Great Britain, wanna talk asymetrical warfare...the Idian wars, then the worst best enemy we ever had..each other,,the civil war...it goes on..The Wehrmacht, Imperial Japan, The North koreans, The NVA, The Jihadis in Falluja....tough enemies make a tough military
But they never were planning to take a bite out of Syria, unless Syria forced the issue. And Syria prefers Israel as the boogie man than as something to bash one's head against.
Interesting...good find.
36 GOLDEN hours for a guy named MOSHE,,,LOL .
According to timetable IDF presented to cabinet, it would take troops additional 4-6 weeks to defeat Hizbullah terrorists after reaching Litani Hanan Greenberg
One month after the outbreak of the war in Lebanon, during which the Israeli army has established a security zone along the border and reached a depth of 12 kilometers into Lebanese territory, the IDF got a 'green light' Friday night to continue north up to the Litani River.
The order was given against the backdrop of a fervor of international diplomatic talks hoping to reach a ceasefire agreement as soon as Friday night.
The aim of the operation is to distance Hizbullah terror cells, especially those responsible for rocket attacks on Israeli, as far north as possible, thus widening the buffer zone along the border. IDF officials assessed this week that the completion of such a mission could take two months.
The IDF presented the cabinet with a timetable for its operations in the field, by which the operation would take a minimum of one week to reach the Litani River. Another four to six weeks would be required to defeat the Hizbullah operatives in the field.
It was still unclear whether the green light was time-limited and aimed pressuring Lebanon and Hizbullah into giving in to Israel's demands as part of a ceasefire agreement.
Another 15 km to Litani
At these very moments thousands of IDF soldiers, both the standing army and reservists, are operating in Lebanon against Hizbullah infrastructure. In the eastern sector of the border, soldiers are 1.5 km from the Litani and are overlooking it, although in the west troops remain roughly 15 km from the river. With that, in recent days forces began preparing the ground for the expansion of the operation and created access routes by which troops could advance deeper into the territory.
Officials in the Northern Command explained that there remained terrorist strongholds in the area south of the Litani that were firing rockets at Israel. "Any movement forward, even if it doesn't reach the Litani, will distance the rocket launchers (from the border)," a senior officer explained.
The shorter range 122-mm diameter rockets, that can reach some 24 km (about 15 miles), are the central threat against which the IDF is fighting. As forces push the terror cells further northward, the rockets will become less effective as they will become out of range of Israeli territory.
Another significance of expanding the operation would be the deployment of a great deal of forces into southern Lebanon. The IDF assessed that thousands of terrorists were still in south Lebanon – possibly up to 3,000 or even more, and the IDF could pay a heavy price in defeating them.
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