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Enemy didn't know what hit him
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 17.08.06, 08:51
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31. Now the IDF is talking
sal ,   usa   (08.17.06)
nonsence! Good for Israelihollywood. Check Movie Theater near you!
32. enemy didn't know
elliot ,   washington   (08.17.06)
why stop?
33. to #25 Hizbulla fighter
Shimon ,   London UK   (08.17.06)
You are a liar, and a very bad one at that. You are obviously a pro-IDF idiot who is upset at losing this war. Better luck next time, if you dare that is...
34. Reply to Ricardo - 13.
James ,   Glasgow, Scotland   (08.17.06)
There is a difference between a smack and a thumping. Yes Israel did get smacked but Hezbullah and Lebanon got a thumping. The reason Israel got smacked and why they feel it is because of the dithering delays that held the IDF back due not to Hezbullah but its own government. You will see what I mean the next time assuming that this government is not around. Notice it was not Israel who was screaming for a ceasefire so being as smart-assed as you, why not? Ask yourself that.
35. to #1 llan
illan   (08.17.06)
are you stupid they already killed a lot of people, and who instructed was more stupid than you as they understood the opposite of the instructions.
36. Why in hell didnt we hear this before?
ERIC..... ,   ISRAEL   (08.17.06)
This is Israel problem ,there PRO is soo bad.Nobody knows and nobody new,what is or was happenning. Israel try and do a better job.The Arabs think they won and that is bad for us.
37. Reply to Marc - 16.
James ,   Glasgow, Scotland   (08.17.06)
Pretty similar to your country's experience in Vietnam yet you had much longer to sort it out. That time was taken away from the IDF by the screams from Hezbullah and Lebanon for a ceasefire. So don't make your smart attitude take away the reality of what went on. Despite all their preparations Hezbullah were taking heavy losses and would have succumbed if time and lunacy had not interfered. Lunacy being all you non-Muslims who seem like turkeys wishing for an early Christmas. Given longer it would have been another victory, not " great "as you use for a nasty comment. " Great " will be when the vicious religion of Islam is put away or ammended for ever so that men and women need never die in it's name but live free from the wishes of its overlords who seem never to get in the way of any dying.
38. to Alexandro
Vincent ,   Rome, Italy   (08.17.06)
Alexandro, during the second world war Italy was not a democratic country. A few were responsible to put Italy in the hands of Germany and fight with the Nazis to gain access to resources never available for Italy (as oil) . England and France were rich with their colonies and we were poor and with the risk to be invaded by the Germans. Mussolini and a minority of Italians decided the alliance with Germany while mostly of the people were against this decisions. Remember, a lot of Italians were victims of the dictature and the Italian Army was two times heroic in such a difficult situation respecting so difficult orders and being faithful to the flag. During 1943 (september 8th) the Italians regular troops surrendered to the US/England allied forces due to the Mussolini escape, the Italian rebellion the partisans and the Badoglio confused orders to the troops. It was a civil war, dramatic and with the loss of a lot of life. The Germans decided to attack the Italians troops and civilians also if the Italian Army was in a cease fire state (without ammounitions, fuel, food...). Around two years of troubles from '43 to the end of '44 were a terrible amount to pay for the Italians in the hands of the Germans. They didn't choose to change allied, they put their hands on being killed and tortured by the nazis. The proof is the way the Italians have tried to protect the jews from the italian fascists and the nazis and how much the large part of the civilians was against the dictature and their stupid decisions. I'm sorry cause we are a little out from the main argoument but it's our honor to defend. Our honor today is to defend the free world against other dictatures and terrorists cause we know very well how much does it cost. That's the reason why we must help Israel. Vincent
39. Hizbullah fighter
to #33 Ahmed   (08.17.06)
Only a primittive idiot like you would believe that I was trying to pass myself off as a murdering Hizbullah coward. Relax mate, it was just a joke. Dont go trying to board a plane now with a soft drink. And why are you reading a Jew website??? Your Imam know about this??? Lol.
40. Reply to 325
asad ,   delhi,india   (08.17.06)
U loser from IDF, ur tactics r a bad as ur army's. ha ha ha
41. GOOD MEN WASTED ON BUNKER SCUM
Da Sphincter   (08.17.06)
Have to admit I'm very disappointed that more low-lifes were not eradicated by a decent aerial campaign. There's always next time I suppose.
42. Asad India
Dirk   (08.17.06)
asad in India Stick to making Japatys and forcing child labour India; 1 Billion People 20 Million Tax Payers What a joke
43. Indian Army
Howard   (08.17.06)
Indian army best weapon is Indian Curry Breath. This could kill thousand
44. Vincent #14
Mike ,   Karkur Israel   (08.17.06)
Vincent- I wish there were more guys who think like you! With Thanks.
45. PATHETIC IDF
MAJD ,   ESPOO   (08.17.06)
Guys, stop it ! don't u have any dignity? who r u excatly trying to convince? IDF LOST, so many soldiers killed ! what happened in Bent Jbeil ? in Ita el shaab? so many men, so much power, and for what ? that is the second time the IDF retreat under pressure and soldiers beeing killed by dozen every day ! the aftermath victory propaganda is even more pathetic than the one during the war ! WAKE UP !its not working
46. YEP # 16 MARC is a DRONGO
Knackers ,   Brisbane,Australia   (08.17.06)
Yeah, had a chuckle when I read his post too. What a goose.
47. Success? Yet retreated from Lebanon?
Zico ,   Brazil   (08.17.06)
I dont get it, the media tried hard to portray that hezbollah got defeated and crushed, yet it was Israelis who retreated from Lebanon.
48. And Your Point Is?
World Citizen ,   the world   (08.17.06)
The fact is that most that are killed in modern warfare don't know "what hit them." How many of the Israeli war dead knew what hit them? Finally no matter what this site saids. No matter what your pundits spin. No matter what your military commanders prattle on about, Hezbullah fought the 4th largest military in the world to a standstill. It was impressive! And because of what you did to the civilian population of Lebanon the next time this war starts up Hezbullah will be 50X as big and have far more sophisticated weapons. Israelis should think about this the next time they let their inexperienced politicians and financial stock owning / military generals rush off to battle.
49. No air force, no navy, no tanks
Zico ,   Brazil   (08.17.06)
I have to take my hat off for a small group of militants with no air force, no navy and no tanks to be able to kick out the 4th largest armed forces within a month. Not even Vietcong and NVA can match that in Vietnam war This simply tells that small group of trained fighters to be better than combined arab soldiers who lost almost everything within 6 days in 1967
50. I am not with hizbollah but i laugh outloud when i hear
a lebanese   (08.17.06)
about the the heroic acts of the Israeli army. they lost the war and they still think they won.I think the only winner of this war was syria seeing Lebanon and Israel destructed.
51. Puff Piece
Mark ,   Atlanta, USA   (08.17.06)
The IDF is made of some of the finest Jewish patriots on Earth, but this is still a puff-piece. The government didn't let the IDF engage the other 9,999 launchers. Olmert led the country over a cliff.
52. #48 World Citizen
Andy Gill ,   London, UK   (08.17.06)
No Hezbollah won't be 50x as big next time. Now the fighting has stopped, many Lebanese interviewed on the BBC last night spoke out against Hezbollah, and blamed them for starting this war. Despite all the 'we won' bravado from Hezbollah, privately I bet they are gutted.
53. shame on Olmert for stopping them
paul ,   tel aviv   (08.17.06)
just as they were makign headway. Olmert saved hizbollah under pressure from kofi annan.
54. Won the battle...Lost the war
kenstee   (08.17.06)
Sad but true. Now is not a time for denial. It is a time to learn from mistakes. There will be a round 2 sooner than we think.
55. Too little, too late
Calev ,   London, UK   (08.17.06)
This was a superbly executed manouevre - but it should have taken place at least a week earlier! Next time (and let's not kid ourselves that there won't be a next time), Hezbollah will have prepared for such an outflanking.
56. To Vincent and to the world
Tanya ,   The Matrix   (08.17.06)
Vincent, people such as yourself , who are not giving in to intellectual lazyness are very few. I salute you for not belonging to the increasing number of sheep who go along to get along. Mark and Howard, just so you know there is a big difference between the indian muslims and the hindu indians. The hindu indians are one of the most peaceful and righteous people in the world. It is the muslims from Pakistan in unison with some muslim indians who go to India and blow themselves up in very crowded areas to cause as much damage as they can. People in India are sick and tired of the government doing nothing to these criminals. I think the USA is waking up to the reality that it is india and not pakistan who will be a true ally. To the idiot from Brazil (did I just say that??) I called him that for he reflects all that is wrong with the world (or at least part of it) When Russia went and levelled the whole of grozny, few voices were heard protesting. What people don't realise is that if Israel were so bad like they are made out to be, israel could have levelled the whole of lebanon in a matter of hours. It is true that a single IDF soldier needed not have died, and they shouldn't have! Israel has to realise that they can't go half way. Why should you Israel care about what the world thinks about you. The world for some strange reason, secretly praises and admires ruthlessness, does anyone say anything to china killing the tibetians, turkey killing kurds, in sudan the christians getting killed by muslim sudanies, the russians levelling Chechnya? No! The world says nothing. When was the world when Hizbollah began throwing missiles in the norht of Lebanon? The world said nothing! Where was the world apart from the USA and Britain during the ruthless occupation of Lebanon in Syria? when all the lebanese people,Christians, Drudes, Sunnies, except of course for the shias from southern lebanon, had had enough of the syrian occupiers. Were was hizbollah then? Where was the south of Lebanon then? Did they ever complained about the syrian occupation? When Syria left Lebanon, they made sure that the lebanese army was mainly made up of shias. Please dear world, stop being intelectually lazy, do not give in to hatred, do some research first, analise. Just because some people are poor does not make them good people. In the middle east those dictators are so bloody corrupt, they have in israel found a great escape goat, so as to divert their attention from their negliegence and corruption. Whilst their families go to Harrods, own second homes in Notting Hill, the rest of the population just manage to scrape enough to survive. People from the middle east, why don't you first demand that your goverments make the vast amount of land that you inhabit one of prosperity and then you will realise that the little piece of land that israel is, was never taking any food away from your mouths. I aim to be a voice of conscience in the world, you can too!
57. if the government would only have let them do their work
uli ,   Jerusalem   (08.17.06)
this cowardness of this left government may have killed thousands in the future already now, since now our nice neighbours tasted weakness, like sharks taste blood. To stupid!! Why stop the IDF??? They only do some UN, papers etc. and then they go on as before. SOMEBODY NOTICED: We did not kill the rockets yet!! Please, government, let the IDF get a second half and win the game, since the UN contract has already been broken by Lebanon.
58. Who won, who lost
Martin ,   Boston, USA   (08.17.06)
The Arabs shouldn't crow too much over their "victory" over Israel. After all, they couldn't have achieved it without all the help they got from Olmert , Peretz and Halutz.. The sooner Israel replaces these losers with leaders who aren't tired of fighting and tired of winning, the sooner the Arabs will learn that this round was a fluke.
59. mazeltoff
fadi ,   my country lebanon   (08.17.06)
Wow, it deserve applause guys, what a great achievment, a truck with rockets and two mujahidine in it, I'm really impressed, I wish i could invite you to our holly land the south of Lebanon enabling you to count with me the distroyed mirkavas. anyway watch manar tv guys and you'll be able to see some massive distructions live. You know what this guy Virov should send his CV to Steven Speilberg, I think he'll definitly do better job writing scenarios instead of fighting against real men.
60. Bla Bla
Sattouf ,   USA   (08.17.06)
Bla BlaBla BlaBla BlaBla BlaBla Bla that's what this article is saying. Facts on the ground are completely different!!
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