Re: Gluttony
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Do you seriously believe that Hezbollah attacking Israel carries the same gravity as Lebanon attacking Israel?
[/ QUOTE ]I can see how you wouldn't believe that if you value jewish lives less in value than the ones of radical moslems.
[/ QUOTE ]Boy, are you a glutton for punishment! Do you get a kick out of your "arguments" being made mincemeat on the forums like this or what? Be honest.
We were comparing the gravity of Lebanon attacking Israel as opposed to Hezbollah attacking Israel. This comparison is made because you blithely claimed that Hezbollah staging attacks against Israel is the same as if Lebanon did that -- ergo Israel has every right to retaliate as if it is in war with Lebanon, etcetera.
Lebanon has some 310 heavy tanks and 1,300 armoured vehicles. Also, 6 aircraft and 60 helicopters. The standing army is about 70,000 strong. These are figures, not hearsay or "opinion". Pause a little over them. Let the figures sink in. Get it now? No one in his right mind could claim that Hezbollah could be a threat to Israel as much as Lebanon could.
I'm not saying that Lebanon would win!.. Neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah nor all the Arab "front-line" countries combined can do that! I'm stating the obvious (which has to be hammered into your think tank, presumably, more than once) : Hezbollah cannot be compared to the state itself of Lebanon. "It's not even close!" Therefore, arguing that Israel must respond against Hezbollah with the same severity that it would attack Lebanon is an argument based on a plain and simple fallacy.
--Cyrus
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No, its an argument based on Hezbollah being a proxy for Iran and Syria, and is in fact a far more dangerous enemy than an army that reflects the impotence of the central Lebanese government.
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