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Rockets Fired From Lebanon Into Northern Israel
Hezbollah has said that they have no interest or plans to attack Israel, opening a second front against Israel as they continue their murderous Gaza spree. Looks like there's a faction that disagrees with that decision. But you can bet that Israel will do everything that they can to shrug off any stray missiles coming over the Lebanon border. Israel does not want to fight a two-front war; those odds aren't stacked enough.

By STEVEN ERLANGER
JERUSALEM — Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza threatened to broaden on Thursday as at least three rockets were fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon.

The rockets, presumably launched in support of Hamas, could presage the opening of a second front. The Israeli Army, in a brief statement, said it “responded with fire against the source of the rockets,” which landed near the town of Nahariya. Two Israelis were slightly wounded, the police said.

So far there has been no claim of responsibility. A spokeswoman for the militant group Hezbollah, which triggered a war with Israel in 2006 by firing rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon, said an investigation was underway. “We are still looking for information about it,” she said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/world/middleeast/09mideast.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
 
Darla said:
Rockets Fired From Lebanon Into Northern Israel
Hezbollah has said that they have no interest or plans to attack Israel, opening a second front against Israel as they continue their murderous Gaza spree. Looks like there's a faction that disagrees with that decision. But you can bet that Israel will do everything that they can to shrug off any stray missiles coming over the Lebanon border. Israel does not want to fight a two-front war; those odds aren't stacked enough.
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They would crush Lebanon and palatine and any other country including Iran that invaded at the same time. I'm not saying that to be an ass but Israel is using great restraint compared to what they are capable of with the weapons they poses.
 
Chapdog said:
They would crush Lebanon and palatine and any other country including Iran that invaded at the same time. I'm not saying that to be an ass but Israel is using great restraint compared to what they are capable of with the weapons they poses.
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You mean they could utilise the nuclear weapons, which they deny they have, to render the whole region a wasteland, winning the hearts and minds of a radiation scarred world who would just shrug and say "never mind", before getting on with avoiding the chemical rain falling from the skies?

Thanks for your restraint Israel.
 
charver said:
You mean they could utilise the nuclear weapons, which they deny they have, to render the whole region a wasteland, winning the hearts and minds of a radiation scarred world who would just shrug and say "never mind", before getting on with avoiding the chemical rain falling from the skies?

Thanks for your restraint Israel.
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nope even with conventional weapons they could fight prob a 3 or 4 front war and win. Would not be first time they did that either if you know your history.
 
Chapdog said:
nope even with conventional weapons they could fight prob a 3 or 4 front war and win. Would not be first time they did that either if you know your history.
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Maybe, but nobody is interested in fighting that type of war anymore. For the under-armed underdog there is already a template for modern warfare which is being followed all over the world. And it has much better rates of success.
 
Chapdog said:
nope even with conventional weapons they could fight prob a 3 or 4 front war and win. Would not be first time they did that either if you know your history.
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That was 1967. In 2006, slightly more recent, they didn't so well in a one-front war against Hezbollah.
 
charver said:
Maybe, but nobody is interested in fighting that type of war anymore. For the under-armed underdog there is already a template for modern warfare which is being followed all over the world. And it has much better rates of success.
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The difference is that Israel does not tend to show restraint. You hit them with a rocket attack, they hit the site where the rockets came from. While what they have done to date has been over the top, Chap is right they have the power using conventional weapons to completely level Palestine, Lebanon and anyone else that wants to toss rockets into Israel. To THAT degree they are showing restraint.

To be clear, that is not an endorsement of anything Israel has done or any type of justification for what they have done. It is simply stating that they could go even further across the line should they choose to do so.
 
Superfreak said:
The difference is that Israel does not tend to show restraint. You hit them with a rocket attack, they hit the site where the rockets came from. While what they have done to date has been over the top, Chap is right they have the power using conventional weapons to completely level Palestine, Lebanon and anyone else that wants to toss rockets into Israel. To THAT degree they are showing restraint.

To be clear, that is not an endorsement of anything Israel has done or any type of justification for what they have done. It is simply stating that they could go even further across the line should they choose to do so.
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Re; your negative repps. Are you trying to get me to negative rep you, so you can bring me down to your level? Or are you just trying to get my attention? I have to leave for my manicure appointment. Let me know and I'll read it later.
 
Darla said:
Re; your negative repps. Are you trying to get me to negative rep you, so you can bring me down to your level? Or are you just trying to get my attention? I have to leave for my manicure appointment. Let me know and I'll read it later.
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Who'd he blame it on?
 
Superfreak said:
The difference is that Israel does not tend to show restraint. You hit them with a rocket attack, they hit the site where the rockets came from. While what they have done to date has been over the top, Chap is right they have the power using conventional weapons to completely level Palestine, Lebanon and anyone else that wants to toss rockets into Israel. To THAT degree they are showing restraint.

To be clear, that is not an endorsement of anything Israel has done or any type of justification for what they have done. It is simply stating that they could go even further across the line should they choose to do so.
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They could go further and level everything in sight but there is a reason why they choose not to.

If they ever do decide to go that far i'll apologise for my lack of foresight on this board, sometime in between the resulting electricity blackouts in the western world.
 
charver said:
They could go further and level everything in sight but there is a reason why they choose not to.

If they ever do decide to go that far i'll apologise for my lack of foresight on this board, sometime in between the resulting electricity blackouts in the western world.
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I understand they could go further and I understand why they do not. The point was simply to refute the assertation that they could not fight a multi front war. While they certainly don't WANT to, they could if they had to.
 
Superfreak said:
I understand they could go further and I understand why they do not. The point was simply to refute the assertation that they could not fight a multi front war. While they certainly don't WANT to, they could if they had to.
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Fair enough, i have no problem with that. My point was that any potential opponent of Israel has no intention of getting themselves into a conventional war.
 
charver said:
Fair enough, i have no problem with that. My point was that any potential opponent of Israel has no intention of getting themselves into a conventional war.
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I agree that Lebanon and Palestine most certainly do not want a conventional war. However, if they continue with the policy of lobbing rockets at random, using human shields etc... soon they will find themselves in one.
 
Superfreak said:
I agree that Lebanon and Palestine most certainly do not want a conventional war. However, if they continue with the policy of lobbing rockets at random, using human shields etc... soon they will find themselves in one.
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And Israel can carpet bomb cities if it likes but at some point, unless it really does fancy it's hand at all-out genocide, it will have to use ground troops. That's when Israeli soldiers die, Israeli populations get pissed, Israeli troops withdraw and Hamas or Hezbollah declare victory with another volley of home-made rockets into Israel.
 
Thanks Israel for bring WWIII just taht much closer.

I want the 3 billion we send them a year to stay here.
 
Desh said:
Thanks Israel for bring WWIII just taht much closer.

I want the 3 billion we send them a year to stay here.
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not to be a wise ass but what should Israel do in your opinion? Today rockets were fired into north Israel hitting a retirement home. should they just accept that as part of life in there country? How does Israel stop missiles from being shot at them and suicide bombers from blowing up there markets?
 
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