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To: SARMAN who wrote (197253)	8/14/2006 12:48:21 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Post 1967 israeli military faces some of the same pitfalls post WW2 US faced with guerilla wars. We couldnt pacify vietnam back then or Iraq todayn not to mention somlia or lebanon. They cant pacify either palesine and lebanon thru the use of conventional warfare either. Lessons learned in 67 and 73 are largely meaningless today. You are right Sarman. Assymetric guerilla war will get nothing for isreali and arab peoples. A Sadat moment may be necessary today and this time Sadat may have to be an Israeli. With sharon dying faster than castro, and Olmert still the lightweight, i cant imagine who that israeli could be?

To: SARMAN who wrote (197253)	8/14/2006 12:51:10 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

By the way folks are apparently flooding back into south lebanon. It would be a horrible tragedy if the conflict resumed with these poor folks in the middle. Both sides need to take great care regardless of their bombastic rhetoric.

To: SARMAN who wrote (197253)	8/14/2006 2:07:46 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

It would be great "entertainment" to drop 100 IDF and 100 Hezbollah in a very large arena in New Mexico [unfamiliar terrain for both sides]. Assault weapons, pistols and knives. No Apaches, rockets or missiles or any kind of air or artillery support; no land mines or IEDs. Last man standing wins. I think it would be a big money maker for pay-per-view. And it would be a lot less damage to civilians. Asymetric warfare is the problem for the IDF. Just as it was for us in Vietnam, the Soviets in Afghanistan, us in Iraq and the less publicized problem of us in Afghanistan. For some reason, local populations aren't all that keen on being occupied by foreign armies. Even when the foreign army is there to help. Go figure. How about if we test the theory out by invading Syria and see if it plays out the same way? jttmab