Hezbollah is Road Runner? By: Larry C Johnson

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Hezbollah is Road Runner?
by
Larry C Johnson


I never thought I would live to see the day that Israel would become the international equivalent of Wile E. Coyote, but that day has come. If Israel signs on to the UN Resolution they are lighting the fuze on the dynamite that will subsequently explode in their hand. This resolution marks a major victory for Hizbullah. Unfortunately for Israel, there appears no other viable course of action.

Israel cannot defeat Hizbullah without paying a price in blood and treasure that it cannot sustain politically. In fact, Israel runs a real risk of damaging its military effectiveness because of the significant casualties among its officer corps. Unlike the American Army, the Israelis rely on officers rather than non-commissioned officers to lead their units. You don't grow these boys on trees. It appears they are suffering a dispropotionate amount of the casualties that Hizbullah is inflicting on the IDF.

Let's start with the text of the UN Security Council Resolution:
more at:
http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/08/hezbollah_as_ro.html

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"Hizbullah is not going to be disarmed, it is not going to disappear, and, in all likelihood, it will be an important political player for years to come. Hizbullah in the last four weeks has accomplished what no Arab or Muslim Army has ever done--they have fought Israel to a standstill. That fact is already resonating throughout the Muslim world. The Arabs in particular, who have lived with the shame of not being able to defeat Israel in previous engagements now has a new champion. Hizbullah is the Army and Nasrallah its face. Beep, beep."