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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (25835)	10/2/2007 8:50:48 AM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81106

Gus > Iraq too was cracked up to be equipped with Russia's latest, topnotch military gear --only to collapse ignominiously before US troops after three days of fighting Perhaps its army collapsed but not its resistance. And Iraq wasn't using Russia's latest equipment -- you seem to forget about sanctions which made importation of significant military ordinance impossible and absolutely impoverished Iraq prior to the US invasion. This is hardly the case with Iran. > Hezbollah's efficiency is like firing a 105mm Howitzer to kill a fly. Maybe so, but Israelis panicked and fled Northern Israel in their droves. And as regards efficiency, consider the precision hits on the Merkava tanks in Lebanon. Hezbollah may be "primitive" but I don't think Israel would like another round with them in a hurry.