Posted on 05/09/2010 12:58:28 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Nearly four years after Hezbollah fought invading Israeli troops to a standstill in south Lebanon, the militant Shiite group says it's prepared for a fresh conflict and confident of victory.
"We are ready for another war and we eagerly await it," says veteran Hezbollah fighter Abu Hadi on a drive through the Bekaa Valley. "We expect the next war to be short. The Israelis will not be able to endure what we will do to them."
Hezbollah's leadership insists it does not seek a war and that its military preparations are a defense against potential Israeli aggression. Yet, the inconclusive outcome of the 2006 war has stoked a feeling here that another war is inevitable.
War drums have been beating faster in recent weeks amid allegations that Syria has supplied Hezbollah with Scud ballistic missiles – a development that has enraged Israel, forced Lebanese leaders to seek international support, and complicated a gradual US-Syria rapprochement. On May 3, President Obama renewed sanctions on Syria for a year because of its "continuing support for terrorist organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs."
Hezbollah's strongholds in the Bekaa Valley are likely to be one of several front lines during another war with Israel – a war that threatens to be far more destructive than the one in July 2006. Hezbollah says lessons learned from that conflict have been implemented, including new battlefield tactics and the acquisition of improved weapons systems, surface-to-surface rockets, and possibly advanced antiaircraft missiles.
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“four years after Hezbollah fought invading Israeli troops to a standstill in south Lebanon”
?Huh?
I guess that is what Israel gets for holding back.
It had more to do with the piss-poor accuracy of Soviet early missles.
Miss by a mile? Add 3 or 4 more megatons.
I am just worried that an an attack can lead to a four front war with ballistic missiles
That is true. An SS-18 Module 6 is a 20 megaton warhead. Cheyanne Mountain can only withstand a 10 Mt blast.
The New Topol M is very accurate because it has a GLONASS receiver in it.
“The editor of this anthology hates war, was injured in the last war, and hates the politicians and diplomats whose cupidity and short-sightedness has made the present war inevitable. But now that we are at war again, there is only one thing to do: win it. Because the consequences of losing it are worse than the consequences of war itself.”
Ernest Hemingway, introduction to War Stories anthology, 1940 (?).
Quoting from memory. Too lazy to look up the exact words.
I think you’re right.
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