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[QUOTE]Originally posted by bX: [QB] That was a nice little dig. (Which may wind up costing us all our lives. Not that I'm worried. (OK, I'm worried)) While we can argue about the proportions of the provocation and response, I think we can agree that both sides have some legitamate complaints to make about the other. Clearly this is very different from the situation in Iraq (clearly defined goals comes to mind), but I do see some parallels to be drawn. At least insofar as the Israeli Defense Force outmatches pretty much anything to which Hezbollah has access (even with phantom Syrian or Iranian backing). But just as we've seen in Iraq, force superiority does equate to success. By crippling Lebanese infrastructure (the by-now famous turning back their clock 20 years statement), Israel does risk bolstering support for Hezbollah by becoming the very monsters Hezbollah has painted them to be. That hasn't worked out so well for the US in Iraq. Granted, I don't think Israel has any illusions of "liberating" the Lebanese people, the winning of hearts and/or minds. Given their history in the region, their expectations of flowery receptions would have to be low. I just wanted to point out that while I do appreciate the need to respond, their solution to this problem may wind up creating more problems down the road in the form of another generation of Lebanese youths remembering the time Israeli jets screamed overhead and blew the shit out of their power, water and relatives/limbs. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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