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To: jttmab who wrote (197407)	8/14/2006 9:26:21 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The biggest barrage of Hezbollah rockets came down on the last day before the cease fire. What is Nadine talking about? I think Nadine is delusional and nothing else.

To: jttmab who wrote (197407)	8/14/2006 9:28:14 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Sorry about that, but it was predictable. There was no way that the IDF was going to destroy Hezbollah. Israel created Hezbollah to begin with; an unintended consequence of the occupation of Lebanon Israel may have created a fertile ground for Hezbullah, but it is a crop carefully tended by Iran. Iran trained, Iran equipped to the tune of $250 million a year they say - that's a LOT of moolah for a relatively small force. They even sent Iranian officers to fight with them. To just say "Israel created them" is a weird statement, in fact. But I've often noticed that people on the left side of the fence talk as if ONLY the US and Israel could ever actually DO anything, as if Iran and Syria and Al Qaeda didn't make their own decisions too. As for "destroying" Hezbullah so that it had no support, no. But if they had executed a blitzkrieg succesfully, Nasrallah would be dead along with most of his officers, and most of the military fortifications and rockets would definitely be destroyed. They could have done that. They did some part of that, I don't know how much.