> Ian wrote: > That's a bit black or white isn't it? Couldn't it be the second or third to > last gasp? >
yeah, it is, but less so is the concept of goals and measures. If the goal is a diminution of Hezbollah's military ability, then the measures should be something like: 1.) Troop levels 2.) Weapons inventory 3.) Funding 4.) Public support/base of operations 5.) Number of attacks So my questions is, after 2+ weeks of aerial bombardment, which of these metrics are diminished? I would offer these SWAGs: 1.) No change. 2.) Down, but replenishable. 3.) No change. 4.) Up. 5.) Up, and factually so. So, we can quibble about a few of these, but based on the metrics I'd say there's little progress and maybe regression. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212383 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
