Ma'an: Nasrallah Will Give Tel Aviv Residents One Hour to Flee

That only explains part of it. For example, I understand taking out bridges, or disabling runways. But taking out power stations and disabling the airport to a far greater extent than limiting runway use - in a country where tourism is one of the very few positive economic activities - is bombing the Lebanese, not bombing Hezbollah.

Let me be clear, however. I don't think that is a bad strategy, if you want to take control of the area - again. I DO think it is a bad strategy, however, if your stated goal is to force, or persuade, the host country to reign in Hezbollah. Rendering them less capable of doing so is a pretty stupid way of achieving that goal.

I wouldnt want to be anywhere close to where they came from.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Read my lips Nasrallazhole:

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Shalom Tango!

"The Lebanese resistance is preparing a retaliation parallel to Israel's military actions. Hassan Nasrallah will address the people of Tel Aviv and warn them to evacuate the city within one hour. As soon as the delay ends, hundreds of heavy missiles will start landing in the city, which has been divided into squares in order to let damage reach every inch of the city. An estimated 500 missiles are expected to land in Tel Aviv in a short period of time."

First, this spokesperson refers to Nasrallah as speaking for the Lebanese resistance, not just Hezbollah. Whom should the world believe, this spokesperson or the Lebanese government spokespersons who claim zero responsibility?

Second, the claim to have in excess of 500 missiles targeted on Tel Aviv is pure posturing. The only weapons Hezbollah has in that number are Katyusha rockets. And 500 Katyushas have less destructive power than a single U.S. field artillery battery (8 cannons) can deliver in a few hours. Unless the Katyushas have been modified to carry chemicals rather than high explosives the disproportionate response will be Israel's counterbattery fire leveling as many launch sites as they can acquire.

Hezbollah is providing a stronger argument every day for Israel to annex the southern half of Lebanon after the current scuffle ends. At this point, it sounds like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan wouldn't even object.

It's a good debate. I wish I could get a peek at the IDF intelligence briefing and battle plan for this that gives the rationale. There are hundreds or thousands of untold and subtle factors that go into it. Just wondering, for example, what effect does power outage have on Hizballah operational capability or mobility? Does it knock out their communications as well? Do they have radar or other electronics for their missles that need to be energized by the power grid? Do they have generators to back up the power supply? How much can the Lebanese army see that Israel's choice of targets is or is not carefully aimed to limit damage to them as opposed to Hizbollah, where possible? Are the Israelis leaving Lebanese Army intact enough to stand up in a defensive role if/after Hizbollah is knocked out?

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

"The very moment that this warning is issued by Hizbollah Israel should give Syrians thirty minutes to evacuate Damascus."

I'm thinking they ought to do that right now regardless of whatever Hizzaballoo does.

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