The last time Israel tried that in 2006 they were driven out by Hezbollah and Hezbollah has gotten much stronger in the interim. And if Hezbollah enters the war it’s also likely that other state actors in the region enter the war against Israel. The US can only do so much to assist Israel with the limited military assets we have in the region.
Israel is taking a huge gamble risking a regional spread of this war, seems like they are going for broke. Personally I think they are seriously underestimating the military strength of their enemies and overestimating the assistance the US can provide for them. I stand by my earlier prediction that a regional war would mark the beginning of the end for Israel.
In 2006 Israel took too large a chunk of Lebanon. This time they will be more specific. By the way, the population south of the Litani is only about 100,000.
I’ll take that bet. Israel will only be destroyed by the US.
If the Israelis see that they’re about to be over run they will go nuclear. A lot of people don’t realize that Israel isn’t populated by “turn the other cheek” Jews or “runners” that fled Europe/Russia and are New York/California/Florida pussies but by the “fighters” that terrorized the Brits and others to form Israel. Different culture and a lot tougher and resilient.
These Israelis will f$&k up anyone that tries to eradicate Israel because they know what would happen to the Jews if they “lost” a war.