So ISRAEL lost the war against LEBANON?

Question

Looks like ex-CIA official Milt Bearden thinks so... Poor Bush can't even help his own ally succeed. He's a dimwit.

http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/blogs8692

Answer 1

Israel is more hated now than ever before.
The world will find out the truth about Israel now.

Hezbolla has more support now than ever before. Even I sympathize with their plight. You have to admire them, up against a modern-military force like Israel and not backing down at all.

ON a side note.. did you know "only" 600,000 jews died in Nazi concentration camps? The 6 million number was pulled out of thin air during one of Truman's political speeches, and is a gross exaggeration.

Answer 2

Hezzbollah and their Iranian/Syrian buddies will end up violating the ceasefire at some point - since their goal is the destruction of the Israeli state. So on a certain level,it's better for Israel in the long term to lose in the short term.

This loss will:
- Cause a change in the Israeli cabinet towards a government that takes a much more aggressive stance. Most of the Israeli public supported the war, but hated its execution.
- When Hezzbollah violates the ceasefire, the world will (hopefully)take a kinder view of anything Israel will do. Anybody who thinks that Hezzbollah was justified, is deluded, since they think terrorism is justified.

Answer 3

The land of "Israel" should be split in half. The northern half would be Palestine and the southern half Israel.

In the middle occupying Jerusalem would be the new U.N. HQ with a corridor that divides these lands from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Stationed there should be 200,000 man Rapid Reaction Force capable of delivering a serious smack down to ANYONE in the region that acts out of line.

This solution creates peace in the region and gets the U.N. out of New York .

Answer 4

No, they did not 'lose' per se.

What they failed to do, however, is accomplish their goals there. They have failed to eradicate Hezbos. This is because of their timid initial approach. They should have blitzed in with their full power and panoply of weapons, surrounded and slaughtered the Hezbos, collateral damage and weepy propaganda be damned!

However, I have no doubts that the Hezbos will shortly violate the cease-fire (honor and integrity are not Islamist concepts) and Israel can do what they should have done the first time. Only this time it will be harder, because the UN and Lebanese army will impede them, but not the terrorists.

Answer 5

Yes Israel lost:
1. More people allover the world knows the truth about Israel's occupation.
2. Arabs are more united against Israel and they will place more demands
3. Hezbollah showed the world that arrogant Israeli policy (also US and British policy) is resistible.
4. They showed the world that they are not terrorists but very brave freedom fighters. And that USA cannot simply mark as terrorist anyone who oppose them.
near future will show who is real winner and who is real looser.

Answer 6

NO decision yet. But I feel the 2 parties had different objectives.
Israel wanted to eliminate the militants and Hezbollah wanted to frighten Israel and send them back.
Considering that Hezbollah have done better, with not much damage to them, but a huge price payed by Lebanon civilians.

Answer 7

The goal of Israel in the war was to disarm Hezbollah, and to free the two kidnaped soldier. Did Israel achieve any of there goal ?
The answer is no.
So, this mean that Israel has lost the war.

Answer 8

how are they losing? you're a dimwit GO ISRAEL! at least they are fighting terrorist, what are you doing? sitting on your *** complaining about everything, why don't you stop complaining about bush, at least he can take these terrorist head on, if it wasn't for bush we would all be dead, by some terrorist attack, good thing bush was elected in 2000, al gore or Kerry couldn't have done anything about 9 11, they would have ignored it and we would all be dead, you're problem is you cant stick up for your country, all you do is complain and is SO annoying, HEZ IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, you don't see that the terrorist want to kill us. quit complaining about Israel and bush, they are our defense! GO ISRAEL AND GO BUSH! your politics suck, seriously.

Answer 9

Oooooohhhh yeah! Another Dem/Lib victory.....Ok...Ok...Fellow Libs/Dems come on join...Victory dance :) tra la la la la....

Yep poor DumBya..such a class CLOWN and his murdering chronies of an ally. I kinda want to give all the Hezbollah soldiers a BIG high five...see how the invaders tucked in their tails and headed back South!

Answer 10

Let's see what happen in a few weeks, when the HezBULLies don't produce the kidnapped soldiers.


Round 2. DING!!! This time Israel doesn't pull it's punches.