The "ballistic intifada" on Israel's borders might be temporarily set back by air power and land forces which carve out buffer zones, but advances in missile technology have given Hebollah and the Palestinian popular militias a new means of redressing the military balance. This may force the Israelis to negotiate rather than attempt to unilaterally define the terms of their previous and planned withdrawals from the Palestinian territories and South Lebanon.
perhaps the vociferousness of Israel's response to Hizbollah's kidnapping of two soldiers arose because powerful Israeli groups didn't _want_ to negotiate?
-- Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.
- Re: The Irrelevance of the League of Nations in the Mid-east Crisis, (continued)
- Re: The Irrelevance of the League of Nations in the Mid-east Crisis, Leigh Meyers Thu 20 Jul 2006, 16:43 GMT
- The sobering effect of long-range missiles: New York Times report, Marvin Gandall Thu 20 Jul 2006, 10:42 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: New York Times report, Leigh Meyers Thu 20 Jul 2006, 14:56 GMT
- The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Marvin Gandall Thu 20 Jul 2006, 10:40 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Jim Devine Thu 20 Jul 2006, 16:27 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Marvin Gandall Fri 21 Jul 2006, 00:25 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Carrol Cox Fri 21 Jul 2006, 00:49 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Leigh Meyers Fri 21 Jul 2006, 01:36 GMT
- Re: The sobering effect of long-range missiles: WP report, Dan Scanlan Fri 21 Jul 2006, 01:58 GMT