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2006-08-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Mike 2006-08-25 07:24|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In the Arab mind if you're still alive you won and if you're stain somewhere your buds will claim victory. The only true win is silence.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2006-08-25 08:02|| 2006-08-25 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Ask the hezzies if they want a few more "victories" just like this one. heh.

"But the Arabs have become wise enough to know TV victory from real victory."

It depends what you mean by "arabs." arab governments were happy to see damage inflicted on Iran's proxy. The arab street, I'm sure, is convinced the hezzies won.

Posted by PlanetDan">PlanetDan 2006-08-25 08:22|| 2006-08-25 08:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Hezbo victory condition was to prevent Israel from achieving its goals. Hezbos are still in power and the Israelis have made themselves look like the Keystone Kops. Iran and Syria will ship in more and better missiles. 500 new martyrs are in training in Iran as we speak. Tehran will develop a nuke and deploy to Hezb'Allah. How is this a defeat?

Taheri spends a lot of the article giving non-pro-Hezb'Allah quotes from various Lebanese commentators and politicos, but the fact remains that Hezb'Allah is still where it was in Lebanon and no Lebanese is doing anything about it. If Israel ever demolishes Hezb'Allah, everybody in Lebanon will have been anti-Hezbo, just like everybody in France was in the Resistance. I guess the Lebanese did learn something from their colonial masters.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-25 08:57|| 2006-08-25 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 And the Hezbos still have the bodies of the two Israeli soldiers.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-25 08:57|| 2006-08-25 08:57|| Front Page Top

#5 The term is Pyrrhic Victory at best.

Posted by Snish Whoque7727 2006-08-25 09:35|| 2006-08-25 09:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Hezbollah Didn't Win

Now, all that remains is to ~~convince them of it~~ kill them.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-25 13:13|| 2006-08-25 13:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Hezbollah Didn't Win

Yep. Though Israel earned a sour victory that it would be best advised not to repeat. Next time, complete the mission.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-25 14:09|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-08-25 14:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Sorry, but this article is just spin. Was it Mao who said "the Guerilla wins if he doesn't lose; the regular army loses if it doesn't win." Hez still exists, therefore they won.

Posted by Greting Ebboting9640 2006-08-25 16:07|| 2006-08-25 16:07|| Front Page Top

#9 My rule of thumb is, if you have to write a detailed analysis explaining the nuances that demonstrate you're the clear winner, then you're probably not the clear winner. Which doesn't mean you're the loser, of course.

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-08-25 16:18|| 2006-08-25 16:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey people, IMHO, the most important result of this war is the reversal of IDF's last dec policies re reservists' training etc... (Anybody advocating "professional armies should be reminded of the aftermath of Manzikert) and

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-25 18:50|| 2006-08-25 18:50|| Front Page Top

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