pari,
neither was israel really defeated. the point is that whatever military operations israel engages in, there is a LOT of american military backing. if the americans hadn't intervened in the hezbollah war, israel would have gone bingo ammo and gotten humiliated even worse than it was. if the syrians assault israel and actually somehow make headway with their antiquated military, you can bet the americans will eff up syria real bad. that's a strategic advantage that trumps ownership of the heights. in fact, if israel makes that trade and syria reneges, you can the americans will be that much more supportive of israeli efforts to "rectify" matters.
Yet Israel effectively failed, so much for American support.
The rules of war haven't changed and Lebanon itself demonstrated it yet again for those enamoured with air power: to win, you must take and hold the high ground.
The rules of war haven't changed and Lebanon itself demonstrated it yet again for those enamoured with air power: to win, you must take and hold the high ground.
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