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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (49622)	7/26/2006 11:39:19 PM
From: RinConRon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Laz, this may explain some of the mixed accounts. In response to Pal provocations, Israel launched an armed incursion into Lebanon in 1978, and withdrew 2 months later. In 1982, after enduring continuing attacks, the IDF mounted a full scale invasion and subsequent occupation of southern Lebanon which only ended in withdrawal in 2000. The air battle I previously mentioned over Bekaa in the opening phase of operations was closely watched by the major powers because it was considered a proxy air war between the best American fighter aircraft vs the best Russian counterparts. Ours were better. But the Israeli pilots were in a whole different class from the Syrians. They still are. Here's a quick read (from the Israeli viewpoint): jewishvirtuallibrary.org