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2006-07-18 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Why Hizbollah Scares the Arabs
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Posted by Steve 2006-07-18 11:29|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 The Law of Diminishing Returns.
Careful, Naz. You could end up laid out like Zark and it won't even necessarily be the Israeli's that do the deed. Might even be your butt buddies in Iran that give you up.
Posted by tu3031 2006-07-18 12:52||   2006-07-18 12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Sometimes I wonder about the Middle East. Are they Muslims first and Arabs second, or is it the other way around?
Posted by Iblis">Iblis  2006-07-18 14:22||   2006-07-18 14:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Nasser was a fool. I believe he could easily have taken over Sudan and/or Libya and gotten oil revenue to support further adventures. Hell he probably would have gotten credit from the world if he'd conquered Sudan, but intead he went for the one state in the region with a real military.
Posted by rjschwarz 2006-07-18 14:36||   2006-07-18 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 "....those who simply call for a return to the old borders have an understanding of history that goes back to the breakfast table."

B.B. Netanyahu
Posted by Besoeker 2006-07-18 14:44||   2006-07-18 14:44|| Front Page Top

#5 You wants history Besoeker? Here's history....

Gamal, Gamal
Bright as a camel,
Where did your army go?
With shattered ranks
And burnt out tanks,
and planes all in a row...


/MAD circa '70
Posted by 6 2006-07-18 16:24||   2006-07-18 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 It has become conventional wisdom that Israel will only be defeated in the long term. It will take generations, perhaps over a century to overwhelm Israel.

They mistakenly liken Israel to the Crusader kingdoms that lasted a hundred years and were then overwhelmed.

In their view Israel is an alien entity that survives by local military superiority that will eventually degrade.

Gynnne Dyer and other UK reporters have written on this.
Posted by john 2006-07-18 19:21||   2006-07-18 19:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Mr. Wife told of seeing Egyptian soldiers standing guard in Cairo, their sandles and guns both held together by duct tape and hope. This was about 1987. They haven't fought a war since, and the economy is sinking as fast as the hope of Mubarek ever giving over his emergency controls -- what odds either sandles or weapons are in better shape now?
Posted by trailing wife 2006-07-18 20:21||   2006-07-18 20:21|| Front Page Top

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