Opinion  Dr. Yaron Friedman
Hezbollah has tunnels in Syria and Yemen too
Dr. Yaron Friedman
Published: 09.12.18, 00:17
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1. I hope
Moi   (12.09.18)
A message has been sent to the UN and ICCJ: One guided missile on Israeli territory from Lebanon, Beirut will turn to a parking lot. No more-no less
2. Destroy hezbollah
Uzi ,   Haifa   (12.09.18)
I remember sitting in a bunker for a month in 2006 waiting for the army to destroy Hezbollah. I remember being furious when the army stopped, we the people of Israel were ready to sit in the bunkers for another year if we had to. Bring it on, we’re mentally ready for a war and are much much stronger than the Hezbollah propagandists.
3. Israel cannot afford to wait, Bibi does
Avi L.   (12.09.18)
Israel will pay the price of Bibi's low political calculation
4. Hezbollah and its terror patron Iran will lose
C   (12.09.18)
genocidal iran and its terror proxy hezbollah will eventually lose their wars
in the middle east.
they can cause significant damage to their opponents, but not defeat them.
they simply do not have the manpower or even the weapons to defeat
the combined forces facing them from all directions.
the united states will not allow the genocidal shia forces to take over
large portions of the middle east.
all that said, israel must prepare for a ferocious war in the near future
against the shia terrorists.
5. idf and the political echelon
ronnie   (12.09.18)
the idf is a tremendous army with great potential, unique and devastating. the problem is it is inhibited by a succession of fearful, pacifist type leaders from peres, to olmert and livni, and now to netanyahu.

in the early hours of the Hezbollah-Israel confrontation of 2006, nasrollah said it is either us or them. so what happened initially was not unusual. Hezbollah unleashed its missiles catching Israel off guard without missile defense. the idf has always been noted for taking some time to counter as in 73. once it figures out what is going on, it counterattacks. olmert limited the counterattack which was one dimensional and half hearted. olmert blinked.

the same applies to netanyahu twice in Gaza. the political leaders are gun-shy period.they are just scared to take it to the enemy. the penetration of Gaza was minimal and now in Lebanon is non existent on the ground.

this is why netanyahu has to step down and soon. the idf has to get going offensively and not just wait for Hezbollah tunnels. that does not mean sending the boys into Russian antitank ied nests. asymmettric softening up is needed.

it doesn't help that both olmert and now bibi did not and do not want to give way for other leaders. it takes forever to boot them out of office.

and you know what weak leaders do- they start making concessions.

if you think this is an academic comment, contrast this with that of Sharon in the 73 war and west bank cleanout. Ariel Sharon took out the maps alongside soldiers in the field, analysed the situation and changed strategy and said LETS GO! and so they did. and they reversed things in 73 and cleaned out west bank terror, something that peres and ehud barak failed to do. and they failed miserably.

this is now the situation with netanyahu who holds back the idf each and every time. i see it. do YOU?
6. WTF did Natanyahu let this group exit Syria as heroes?
MadDad ,   Johannesburg   (12.09.18)
Know Israelis must put up with this group of terrorists on it borders
7. The strategy is wrong! Address iran and Iranians directly
Tehraniporou   (12.10.18)

By talking to the side that disproves of the irgc actions that run counter the interest of iran as a nation state. The logistics, financing, training and the brains of the proxies are in iran. The leadership has never been so divided on iran’s future. Talk to iranians in Oman
8. .....and under US Mex border AND US Canada border.as well
Alan ,   SA   (12.10.18)
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