You actually believe the propaganda the Hezbollah trotted out after Isreal backed-off? Are you kidding?
The hezbollah leader proclaimed victory because he was the first middle-eastern force to ACTUALLY LAST A WEEK in combat with Isreal.....A WHOLE WEEK! beats the 6 day war....now that's what I call victory.
A WEEK , GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT, it was a lot longer then that. and Hezbollah did win.
Strength:
Hezbollah: 600-1,000 fighters
3,000-5,000 available
10,000 reservists [4]
Isreal: 30,000 ground troops
(plus IAF & ISC) +all the tech they got.
Actually, Isreal was trying to do what most modern military do, trying to do surgical strikes and minimize as much collateral damage as possible. They withdrew not because of losses, but because of international pressure. Believe me, Isreal is second only to the US for military ability (they're just smaller).
SURGICAL STRIKE :
Lebanese civilians:
1,187 dead[11]
3,600 wounded [11] + all the infrastructure destroyed.
Israeli civilians:
44 dead [10][12][13]
1,350+ injured[14]
WATCH OUT MATE, they might something moving, better call in some air strikes.
Oh, and that crack about US military gear. Nice try. They do have some stuff, and it was Purchased....not given. But there tank is the Markava. Not US.
"Roughly half of the government's external debt is owed to the United States, which is its major source of economic and military aid. A relatively large fraction of Israel's external debt is held by individual investors, via the Israel Bonds program. The combination of American loan guarantees and direct sales to individual investors, allow the state to borrow at competitive and sometimes below-market rates." (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel)
iam not even gone start mentioning the figures.
Last edited by mafia996630 (2006-09-20 10:36:12)