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To: Dale Baker who wrote (25679)	8/1/2006 10:55:49 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541786

NATO forces have a reinforcement and escalation capability far beyond the IDF if they are attacked. Yes they do, but to get "far beyond the IDF", but the Israeli army (before this recent mobilization) had about 125,000 members and fairly modern equipment. It also has over 900 aircraft, 2 armored divisions, 6 independent armored brigades. On full mobilization the whole IDF has over a half million members. So to go far beyond the IDF the involvement would have to be bigger than the American involvement in Iraq. How likely is that to happen? Also, even Hezbollah wants to maintain the sympathy and support of some NATO members, so attacking their troops is more problematic, especially if there is large French participation, for example. It didn't stop them before. "The MNF was given a devastating blow on October 23, when truck bombs driven by suicide bombers hit the U.S. Marine and French Paratrooper barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American and 58 French soldiers." ... "France lost 89 soldiers (58 of them in the barracks bombing) and had 110 wounded. One Italian soldier was killed during the mission." en.wikipedia.org