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A 20-25 mile wide buffer zone??? wow..
The uhhhNnn sees this buffer as the perfect location to place uhhhNnn Troops, so as to have the best vantage point to see the underbellys of Hezbollah (aka, Iranian) rockets and missles.
I think it has already been established any buffer zone needs to be at least 75 miles of so based on rockets launched or ready to be launched. Right? Might that include Damascus?
That is a real measured response by Israel to Lebanon, Syria ,etc.--Even if their whole country is now Israel's buffer zone based on the nastier and nastier weapons the Islamists have aimed at Israel.
The current strategy will solve nothing. It will take troops on the ground and a significant ground operation to solve Israel's problem on its northern border. The area must be cleansed sector by sector and that takes manpower on the ground. The IDF leadership is aware of this, it depends on the politicos stomach to do what is necessary in defense of Israel. The elimination of their enemy and their capacity to wage war.
It had better NOT be!