[Marxism] Israel Is Losing This War (Wall Street Journal)

[dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Israel's assault against the people of Lebanon continues * unabated * . Ten
thousand troops have now crossed the border and raids have taken place as far
away as the Bekka Valley. Opposition by Hezbollah is very intense, and Israel
has taken more causalities, although still in the single digits, nothing to
give the IDF pause, as of yet. There is no retreat, yet, of the IDF back to
Israel. The occupation of southern Lebanon, up to and across the Latani river
seems inevitable, with the IDF anticipating a NATO and/or UN force to take it's
place.

The "Israel is losing" crowd on this list, and, among pundits in the western
media (like the WSJ article posted by Walter) I still believe have not proven
their point. It is better to discuss the goals of the Zionist assault, and how
these "goals" have changed.

The initial goal, as every one agrees, from the perspective of Israel and it's
lone sponsor, was to destroy the military capability of the Hezbollah military.
They screwed up not realizing that the Hezbollah are a serious match for the IDF
on the ground. So, the goal failed and there is some political fall out for
this, but the idea of gelding the Hezbollah to a significant degree is
certainly possible.

We have no idea of how bad Hezbollah has suffered. They don't announce
casualties. Bombing of villages and infrastructure continues * unabated * . The
Hezbollah seems incapable of defending themselves or the people of Lebanon from
these devastating air assaults. There seems to be no indication that the
Hezbollah have used or even can use the Katusha arsenal they possess in any
tactical military way (even though they were designed to be used as such).
Supplies from Syria to Lebanon has been effected, and, Syria itself has come
under intense Western pressure to stop helping Hezbollah.

If Israel can get any international force between it and the Hezbollah, they
will have achieved a victory. They, they can concentrate on destroying what's
left of Gaza and it's inhabitants.

David




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