Monday, February 25, 2008

"LEBANON 2006: UNFINISHED WAR"

Via MESH, from MERIA, here
"....The targeting of IDF armored forces in the Wadi Saluqi area, with resultant heavy IDF losses, received much publicity.... A ceasefire came into effect at 8:00 a.m. on August 14, 2006, following the passing of UN Resolution 1701. The end of the fighting found some IDF forces deployed at the Litani River, but with Israel far from control of the entire area between the river and the Israeli-Lebanese border. Symbolic of this was Hizballah's continued ability to fire short-range missiles into Israel
Hence, according to the "military critique," the IDF needed to reorder its priorities, abandon the idea that wars could be won "on the cheap" through air power and special forces alone, and begin to pour resources back into winning wars ..."

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