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To: HH who wrote (194371)	8/1/2006 2:25:35 PM
From: SARMAN	Respond to of 281500

then, even the most fanatical muslim will slither down a hole and shake and shiver from fear. and their days will be numbered. Exactly like the Israelis are doing, and the missiles are on katyushas.

To: HH who wrote (194371)	8/1/2006 2:33:41 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 281500

With your kind of thinking, that's why they'll eventually get nukes and obliterate the Israeli bully once and for all. Is that what you want?

To: HH who wrote (194371)	8/1/2006 2:37:06 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Maybe we will see some more displays of "the mother of all wars" Arabs cant fight, they are blustery and full of courage until the bombs and bullets start raining down. While not of the quality of Israeli forces, I would be hesitant to disparage the growing competence of many Arab armies. The Jordanian army, for instance, has traditionally been one of the best trained Arab armies in the region. And as Israel is finding out, given enough time to turn a region into a fortified position, complete with Boobytraps and IEDs, they can make any conflict very painful. And were certainly discovering the difficulty of fighting a counter-insurgency.. But I would agree that many Arab leaders (both governmental and militia) seem to thrive on the idea of perpetuating the waging of a low-level war against Israel that they simply cannot succeed in winning. I personally hope that the current crisis in the region is sufficient to shake the UN out of its malaise and initiate a long-overdue response that separates combatants, and forces the combatants to resolve their differences. The world should just be getting sick of this perpetual fighting that creates so much political risk and economic distraction. Hawk