dude come on that's utter BS, and you know it... Hasbara at its best. First of all you bring war to out cities where do you expect people to fight you then? second, have you heard about guerrilla warfare? you expect someone who is hopelessly outnumbered and out gunned to meet you on an open battlefield?
Are you seriously disputing Hezbollah's attempt to embed themselves among civilian populations to deter Israeli attack?
Taliban and Al-qaeda are peanuts compared to the Pakistani/American media. They are "hopelessly" outnumbered.
It doesn't change the fact that they deliberately hide behind civilians and protected targets.
But, what separates IDF and Pakistani is that Pakistani doesn't give two shits about what Al-qaeda/Taliban do, and make very, very little attempt to protect civilians lives.
Which is why they have killed tens of thousands of civilians since 2004.
Well, the idea is great, but we saw how useless it was in Gaza and Lebanon where the civilian casualties reached some 80%
Especially Gaza, were people had no where to go as there was bombing everywhere and hence we saw people who fled their home only to be bombed again somewhere else
Oh please. Civilian casualties were 30%.
89% of all casualties were combat-age males. Males outnumbered females by a factor of 9.
Even if we assume 80% of the casualties were civilian, it doesn't matter because Hamas deliberately hide behind civilian centers to avoid casualties.
HAMAS LEADERSHIP HIDE UNDER A HOSPITAL DURING THE WAR!
WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT? Tell me Palestinian??
The israeli society can't really be defined as civilians though as the greater majority are either active or army reserves.
That's a load of Hamas propaganda and you know it. Conscription does not mean everyone is a civilian.
Yes? muslim countries suck and your point is?
I think Israel gives more headache than the two combined, so we might try your solution then.
Do you honestly believe be removing Hamas and Hezbollah everything would be all swell? the root of the problem is Israel. Both of these groups emerged as a direct consequence of the Israeli occupation, you would know that if you read a bit more about it. As long as Israel is the way it is, more of these groups would pop up.
Actually it was a stalemate, but since you guys had objectives which none were ever reached, and you had way more soldiers and equipment on the ground with complete air and sea superiority
I would say that you guys lost. For each militant on the ground you had 5-10 soldiers backed up with armor and jets.
The casualties:
The lebanese casualties were as follows;
1,191 Lebanese civilians
53 Foreign civilians
5 UN employees
250 (Hezbollah est.) 500 Hezbollah (UN officials' est.) mean 375
Amal militia: 17 dead
LCP militia: 12 dead
PFLP-GC militia: 2 dead
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp: ~6-9
Lebanese Army: 28 dead
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total 1691
76% civilians
24% militants
Israeli casualties:
121 soldiers
44 Israeli civilians
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total 165
36% civilians
64% army
You are detached from reality. Hezbollah's entire military infrastructural was destroyed. Lebanon lost 3,000 KIA plus wounded. Israel incurred significant casualties but because its civil defense program is the most advanced in the world it did pretty world in comparison.
Plus, Israel was on the clock. Every time it goes to war it has to deal with the UN demanding a cease-fire. Thus their entire policy revolves around quick and decisive war.
Even Hezbollah's leaders admitted they wouldn't have kidnapped the IDF soldiers if they knew Israel would respond in such away.
Remember when a few rockets came out of Lebanon and hit the north 6 months ago?
Usually Hezbollah is proud to accept responsibility, but IMMEDIATELY they basically apologized and said it wasn't them.
Why the sudden change?
not true, as far north as Nahr el Bared refugee camp and Tripoli were hit. Saida/Sidon and bridges in Jouneh and the damascus freeway were hit. So it wasn't shia areas exclusively
It was shia exclusively, cept for when Hezbollah moves in different neighborhoods. The IDF saw this as a war with Hezbollah, not the Lebanese people.
Next war, it won't differentiate because Hezbollah is now a legitimate part of Lebanon.
Any rocket attack coming from Lebanon will be considered an act of war and the IDF can hit any part it chooses.
Hezbollah and their allies, with their voters comprise roughly half of the Lebanese people.
Hezbollah is a Syrian puppet. Syria occupied north lebanon for 30 years, assassinated hundreds of people who hated Hezbollah. the UN demanded hezbollah be disarmed in violation of the 2000 israeli-pullout which stipulated all terror groups disband and in exchange they would receive immunity.
Everyone disarmed except Hezbollah.
As far as I'm concerned, it is silly to punish Lebanon for what is Syria's business.
Next time there is a war, just bomb Assad's palace. Take out the source. Hezbollah would cease to exist without Syria's help.
I am not a big fan of the Syrian leadership so do that if you want, but realistically it is not a walk in the park I do think they have their preparations.
Yeah, Israel has defeated Syria in a humiliating fashion every war.
This is why it uses Hezbollah to fight Israel, because it is scarred shitless of a direct confrontation.
So my big question is... do you consider academics legitimate targets, just because they oppose you?
Academics that support terrorism, yeah definitely.
OBL is an "academic" technically.
Obama believes the man-hunts in Afghanistan qualify as "self-defense."
Israel should just follow what Obama and Company do.
Hell, Israel should just adopt the combat policies of Syria, Pakistan, India, China, and the USA.
No more double standard.
When the PLO turned against Jordan it killed 20,000 over a weekend. Muslim and Arab states know how to deal with terrorism. Coddling, peace process, negotiations...that doesn't work.
