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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I don't know, Captain. If Israel can't even fight a limited war successfully on tactical, operational and strategic levels, how can they be expected to fights a total war against a country like Iran and its proxy allies?
The gloves may come off, but that won't save them from the onslaught of an Iranian shower of missiles the likes of which Israel has never seen.
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But in the case of a conventional invasion, or even a mass increase in tempo concerning missile launches, I'm pretty sure that Israel wouldn't concern itself with the preservation of civillian lives. Israel didn't fight a total war in 2006, they almost treated it like a police action.
I will give credit, Hezbollah fought a smart war by hiding in schools and hospitals and in one case a UN food warehouse. They painted vehicles in red cross colors to transport their "Soldiers" around.
You can bet that if Israel was to fight a we don't care, we're here to destroy the threat on our terms war, the result would be far bloodier then 2006.
You're right about the missile threat from Iran, and the possibility of Iran using chemical weapons does loom fairly large. I would expect that before any conventional mission got underway that Israel would take out Iran's air assets then try to destroy as many of the mobile launch systems that they can find.
Plus if Iran did use Chemical weapons, Israel would probably classify it as the use of weapons of mass destruction, and under their rules of engagment would retalliate with limited nuclear weapons. Probably smaller bombs dropped from aircraft on railway crossings and road crossings as a warning.