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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Well just so you know, the Winograd Commission also called the military campaign a failure, citing numerous tatical, operative, logistical and intelligence failures that caused more damage than good.
Hezbollah by no means had the strength to fight against the Israeli military; I'm not disputing that. But to see the 2006 Lebanon War as a successful military campaign by Israel is perplexing. Even Israel knows that.
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It was a failure in the sense they lost 60 troops when they should have lost 30. It was hardly a crushing military defeat. The Israeli army was criticized for ineffective use of urban warfare techniques. The same people calling that war a failure were the ones calling the later war in Gaza a complete success. Israel was able to totally knock out military capability and hit the majority of their targets while only losing a handful of soldiers, many to friendly fire. The war in Gaza proved to many inside the Israeli army that Israel just needed to shake off teh rust.
Like I said before, if push came to shove, Israel would simply take the gloves off.
Once again, I don't want any of this to happen and think it would be an absolute tragedy. If Hezbolla/Hamas is dumb enough to try and launch some kind of all out counter-attack against Israel, they should be prepared for a disastrous outcome.
I think there is a good chance Iran would give orders to Hezbollah to attack Israel. It would be extremely unfortunate for the innocents in Lebanon. Iran has shown in the past it clearly does not care about those people.