Or so say this author, who served as a Captain in this war
Prelude to Apocalypse
Contrary to what is now the accepted wisdom in the media, Hezb’allah in its recent offensive against Israel neither “badly bloodied the Israel Defense Force,” nor “fought it to a standstill” in Southern Lebanon. In fact, the opposite is the case. By any legitimate measure Hezb’allah was got their muzzie asses kicked handed a resounding military defeat by the IDF in the recent fighting, and while the cancer that is Hezb’allah was not cured by Israel’s soldiers, it was put into remission.
HezbÂ’allah is not your fatherÂ’s terrorist organization. This is not a group of loosely affiliated cells of would-be hijackers or suicide bombers. HezbÂ’allah is a terrorist army, trained like an army, organized like an army, funded and equipped like an army, with one glaring difference. The main use of its arsenal was terror aimed at IsraelÂ’s civilian population while hiding behind LebanonÂ’s civilian population. Its intent was to cause maximum civilian casualties amongst both. This was not by accident. This was by design.
This was HezbÂ’allahÂ’s war, planned and prepared for six years, funded by close to a billion dollars by Iran, aided by Syria. One of the great benefits to the West to come out of this war (if they choose not to turn a blind eye to it) is the certain knowledge that HezbÂ’allah is IranÂ’s terrorist operational arm. It is the terrorist extension of IranÂ’s expressed foreign policy.
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