The single biggest problem Israel faced were sophisticated Russian anti-tank rockets that penetrated the armor of their Merkova tanks. The Israeli Army failed to anticipate that Hezbollah would have access to such weapons. We could not have supplied the Israelis with better tank armor in time to make any difference in this conflict, and without better armor, the Israeli ground offensive was bound to stall.
On 8/22/06, Gruss wrote: > > > Both Bush and Israel were indecisive and failed to go full bore. Bush > should have shipped more powerful weapons to Israel so it could finish > the job. > > Instead, he forced Israel to sue for peace, just as Hezbolla was suing > for peace. > > Now he's facing duplicity by France, as usual, and a failed > international force, led by the terrorists' apologist, UN Sec. Anan. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:213882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
