“This mortifying war”, as a columnist in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz describes it, was supposed to destroy Hezbollah quickly. But it has now entered its fourth week and far from being destroyed Hezbollah is proving more than a match for the Israeli army.
This is something totally new, no Arab army has been able to withstand the Israeli might for so long. While the Arab street has been electrified, Arab leaders, clients of the United States, look on despondently. For nothing has made them look more impotent. Even in that citadel of silence, Saudi Arabia, there have been small demonstrations in support of Hezbollah.
On Wednesday the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, in a stern TV broadcast (shades of Churchill?) said that Hezbollah had been crippled. The same day Hezbollah fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, the highest number since this war began, giving a new meaning to the idea of crippling.
Re: no Arab army has been able to withstand the Israeli might for so long
its asymmetric warfare
USA and coalition was able to annhiliate Saadam's Army in Kuwait in a matter of hours but the insurgents withstood their ground in Fallujah for 3 days....
Asymmetric warfare is a differnet kind of warfare and no military is designed for this.
so dont underestimate Israel and overestimate Hezbollah because of this
Re: no Arab army has been able to withstand the Israeli might for so long
Recently Nepal kingdom vanished thanks to Maoist movement. Similar movements in Arab countries can only bring down these royal puppy dogs. Let us hope this happens as a backdrop of Israel-Hizbollah war.