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Originally posted by RetinoidReceptor
If Israel REALLY wanted to destroy Hezbollah they could.
Originally posted by pavil
Both of your points are well taken Majic.
Last time Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the invaded with almost 80,000 troops, 800 tanks and 1,500 APC's. Even though Israel expanded their current offensive, it is by no means even close to the effort they put into the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. If they had chosen to, Israel could have moved all the way to Beirut and the Syrian border with little problem if they went full bore on the invasion.
Originally posted by pavil
Ok, I'll bite, what would those major changes be?
Originally posted by brimstone735
I mean, Jesus, all I'm reading for weeks from you guys is "how horrible the Israelis are",
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
Originally posted by brimstone735
I mean, Jesus, all I'm reading for weeks from you guys is "how horrible the Israelis are",
Could this be a fruedian slip? Or is it just bad taste?
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
I'm not sure why some feel that Israel has lost this war. Clearly, they could continue, if they so desired and their firepower could put Lebanon back into the stoneage. As for Iran's nuke, I think the response to that would would likely be global, not regional. Those who think that's funny, aren't sharing a common reality.
Paragraph 7 of UN resolution 1701, sourced below.
“Taking due note of the proposals made in the seven-point plan regarding the Shebaa farms area”
… including the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of an area free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the government of Lebanon and of UNIFIL as authorized in paragraph 11, deployed in this area,…
… authorizes UNIFIL to take all necessary action in areas of deployment of its forces and as it deems within its capabilities, to ensure that its area of operations is not utilized for hostile activities of any kind, to resist attempts by forceful means to prevent it from discharging its duties under the mandate of the Security Council
…full implementation of the relevant provisions of the Taif Accords, and of resolutions 1559 (2004) and 1680 (2006), that require the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon, so that, pursuant to the Lebanese cabinet decision of July 27, 2006, there will be no weapons or authority in Lebanon other than that of the Lebanese state,
- no foreign forces in Lebanon without the consent of its government,
- no sales or supply of arms and related materiel to Lebanon except as authorized by its government,
… 14. Calls upon the Government of Lebanon to secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms or related materiel and requests UNIFIL as authorized in paragraph 11 to assist the Government of Lebanon at its request;
UN Source
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
The obvious... Israel out of their (In their heads it is their land) land. This is never going to change. AAC
Originally posted by pavil
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
The obvious... Israel out of their (In their heads it is their land) land. This is never going to change. AAC
Hezbollah stated aim originally was to get Israel out of Lebanon. Israel was completely out of Lebanon and their pullout was verified by the UN as complete, so why exactly did Hezbollah start this latest hostilites with the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers?
Originally posted by subz
Actually this is the second time Israel has lost a war to Hezbollah. Israel was finally forced to withdraw from Lebanon in 2000 after 18 years of bloody occpuation. The withdrawal was due to Hezbollah's constant attacks on Israeli troops.
Hezbollah's stock has risen in the Middle East. Olmert is basically finished. And Israel has lost it's precious auora of invinciblity detterent.
Originally posted by pavil
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
The obvious... Israel out of their (In their heads it is their land) land. This is never going to change. AAC
Hezbollah stated aim originally was to get Israel out of Lebanon. Israel was completely out of Lebanon and their pullout was verified by the UN as complete, so why exactly did Hezbollah start this latest hostilites with the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers?
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
They still occupied ports and such throughout. AAC
The Security Council welcomes the report of the Secretary-General of 16 June 2000 (S/2000/590) and endorses the work done by the United Nations as mandated by the Security Council, including the Secretary-General's conclusion that as of 16 June 2000 Israel has withdrawn its forces from Lebanon in accordance with resolution 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978 and met the requirements defined in the Secretary-General's report of 22 May 2000 (S/2000/460). domino.un.org... ec8db69f77e7a33e052567270057e591/fccb334ac2e1ac6c8525690b0063667e!OpenDocument
Further to my report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of 20 July 2000 (S/2000/718), I have the honour to inform you that the Israeli authorities have removed all violations of the line of withdrawal. Further, in a meeting with Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, my Special Envoy, President Lahoud and Prime Minister Hoss today gave their consent to the full deployment of UNIFIL. President Lahoud confirmed this decision to me in a subsequent telephone conversation. domino.un.org... ec8db69f77e7a33e052567270057e591/2e1e149a5c7c6b41852569b600724cff!OpenDocument
Originally posted by ThePieMaN
Pavil you see , most of the general world thinks of the idea of "Completely Gone" to mean that someone takes all his crap and leaves never to return. The Israeli idea of completely gone is a little more complicated and it seems that their idea of gone means that tanks, planes and unmmaned vehicles do not count as still being there. So when they fly a jet over Lebanons border they believe that this is being gone. Likewise in Gaza. They said they left completely but they never did.