Originally posted by Sparks
The question about the activity of the Lebanese army is a valid one Toad but to be honest no-one has shown me any evidence that there actually is a viable Lebanese army. The country is new and untill very recently the armed security force was the Syrians. My guess (and it is a guess no more) is that the Lebanese army does not have the capacity to fight Hezbollah.
They have an army.
Problem is there are supporters of Hezbollah within it.
But remember this is close to being a brand new government in this country
And the Lebanese government is afraid that should they try to move against Hezbollah at this time it would trigger another civil war.
which wouldnt be good for the region either
Now one might think that in a sence Isreal is doing the Lebanese govermentas well as themselves a favor by going after Hezbollah.
And if they were killing off only members of Hezbolla, they might be.
Problem is with these kind of attacks and This kind of collateral damage.
All they are managing to do is create even more supporters of Hezbolla who might not have been otherwise
And you can only say "oops" so many times reguardless of how many leaflets you drop
So, what would YOU have Isreal do?
Pretty much accurate bombing, leaflet dropping country 1
Ramdom rocket firing, no leaflet dropping, civilian shield using country 0 Sorry but I dont buy into these claims of "accurate" bombing with so much collateral damage
What Isreal needs to do if it absolutely has to continue is instead of these blind attacks. And if they are serious about keeping the innocent death toll to a minimum.
Drop a net over the entire area with boots on the ground allowing nothing to escape and if it carries a gun or fights back, kill it.
If it doesnt, let it go.
Yes some innocents will still be unintentionally killed. Such is war.
but it will be far less then the current common Isreali tactic of blowing up and entire building just to kill one or two specific people.
"But what about the innocents Hezbollah kills with its rocket attacks?"
What about them?
Indiscriminate killing, does not justify indiscriminate killing.
If say for example 3 Clan members known to live in an apartment complex in Mobile Alabama lynch 4 blacks in Georgia. Would it be ok if Georgia destroyed the entire apartment complex just to get those 3 clan members?
And if they did, Exactly what would be the reaction of the rest of Mobile be?
Would they be pissed at the 3 Clan members? Or at Georgia for killing their friends and relatives who were not members of the clan or otherwise had nothing to do with the lynchings?
Now instead of getting rid of the e enemies they had. They just created 100 more
