Isreali Military Tactics In Lebanon
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Like sending in Troops, bio/chemical weapons, nukes or cliams faulty intelligence to bomb them into submission ? They were reluctant to send in troops initially, and using Bio/chemical/nukes weapons are bad PR move...Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:I suspect a lot of deaths in this conflict was due to the messiness of the whole thing rather then deliberate malice. That said, both sides simply don't care as much about civillians as they ought to. Deliberately targeting civillians? There are cheaper ways to do it then with airstrikes.
I don't want to believe they target Civilians delibrately.. but certainly they don't seem to give a damn. -
Now that the UN's gonna deploy "peace keepers" in Lebanon, do you think if Hezbollah's gonna follow the Serbs ' example - kidnap UN troops & use them as human shields while continuing attacks against the Israelis?
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If that's the case they would have done long ago... and don't you know.. the Hez have been said to fight near UN post.. that got it bombed.Originally posted by cmeptb:Now that the UN's gonna deploy "peace keepers" in Lebanon, do you think if Hezbollah's gonna follow the Serbs ' example - kidnap UN troops & use them as human shields while continuing attacks against the Israelis? -
I feel that it is likely that Hezbollah launch rockets o attack Israel with suicide bombings. Now that you have a 4 ring circus on the ground, (Lebanese, UN, Hezbollah, Israel), they may actually launch surprise attack to lure Israel into retaliatory action and confrontation with UN and UN troops.
Whether the UN troops give way to the Israeli actions or stand against it (UN troops vs IDF?) would both reflect negatively of the UN's ability to "keep peace." Again, world opinion would be unfavorable against the Israelis, and perhaps more will flock to the Hezbollah cause.
I'm not a seer, I'm just suggesting a probability. -
It's going to be tough to beat Hezbollah on the propangada front. Simply because Hezbollah's main idea is to cause as much damage as possible to their opponents physially or propangada wise and pitch that as a victory.
It dosen't matter if they have taken heavy losses or are military-wise gutted or have become a skeleton force. As long as they are able to keep talking and oppose Israeli with a minimal level of resistance they basically have things going for them. One rocket into Israeli, even if it causes very little damage is worth far more then several of their equipment and men killed by Israeli airstrikes.
It's going to be difficult for Israel to beat Hezbollah, for the simple reason it's hard to beat in the conventional sense. Nothing short of its total destruction would suffice, and that is very hard to do. -
Originally posted by MobyDog:
Intresting, i have tried to point out what international law says about this and since that is against many of your views, i am biased
Vikings, you know I'm getting tired of all this .. It's getting no where. You have your view and I have mine.
Both of us are Bias.. admit it..
IDF is a legit standing Army.. once the conflict is over.. we shall see whether the IDF have fouled any International laws... don't be surprised.
No not at all, you have actually managed to point out one thing so far, that can be debated if its whitin the laws. -
The problem is no one can proof that the IDF does not delibrately target civilians.. even though the Civilian death are high and villages bomded flat.. something any govt would deny.. also because the use of words like 'Human Shields', and when situation are not like what the IDF claims they become a 'Mistake'. And with the US total support, they would indeed veto and resolution..