Yep, I have the same frustration....but at Maj. Gen Averson. Its the enemy...its a tank - your at war - its your duty to destroy it!!
Sounds to me like Olmert was micro-managing the battle and didn't want to risk "upsetting" the Syrians by blowing up their property - that was being used against Israel!! HuH?
I fear that too much of this PC warfighting shit is happening in Iraq also
That was my thought as well
It was a surprise when Olmert and Israel halted their drive into Lebanon last fall. Israel clearly had the upper hand on Hizbollah, and was killing them in quantity.
Pulling-back and waiting for the UN to send French troops in made no sense at all, in spite of what the MSM had to say afterwards! Israels' kill-ratio was over 12:1, and they had over-run most of the border tunnels and entrenchments of the Hizbolowogs.
Since satellite imagery indicates that the wogs just rebuilt their blowed-up fortifications in the same places, maybe the foray into Lebanon by Israel was for reconnaissance purposes.
Just a thought before Wednesdays Presidential speech. Stay well ............ FRegards