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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (197727)	8/18/2006 3:53:22 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; If you want to know what really happened in Lebanon, click here: Because of the crash, we did not receive the supplies as planned, a serious development considering that we were down to out last canteens of water. In the few frantic hours before daylight, planes parachuted crates of water to us, but we were unable to find them in the rough terrain, and as dawn broke we retreated back to our previous positions before the Hezbollah snipers and mortar men emerged from their bunkers. ... I was released from the hospital a few hours ago after being treated for severe dehydration and exhaustion. I just wanted to let everybody know that I am fine. Sorry if I made you guys worry too much. blogcentral.jpost.com In short, Hezbollah has so many anti tank weapons that Israel went to infantry, (who could not have been physically up to the task) and then couldn't resupply them. Going farther north into Lebanon would have made their supply line problems that much worse. Sucks to not have armor and to have your resupply helicopters shot out of the sky. Certainly it's not how Israel is used to fighting. Or the US. If Israel had not agreed to the cease fire, it appears a lot of their soldiers would have ended up in trouble with dehydration and exhaustion, largely due to lack of supplies. I think that you're a complete idiot but perhaps some of the other readers will learn from this how Hezbollah has rewritten the rules in the Middle East. The problem with the war was not due to leadership, it was inherent in the details of the conflict on the ground. Israel didn't advance very far because they were walking rather than riding. The first new rule is that Israel can't just roll over a neighbor. The second new rule is that Israel can't bomb a neighbor without having its own cities rocketed. In short, the region has reached a certain sort of stability. -- Carl

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