MacCaulay
Banned
...I was reading 34 Days by Amos Harel and Avi Isaacharoff, a book about the Second Lebanon War.
In one of the first chapters, the various plans that both the IDF, Israeli politicians, and the Bush Administration are outlined. One of the plans included an extensive bombing plan aimed towards the bridges and roads that could be used as possible escape routes.
What makes this plan so inflammatory was that at least two of the the targets were Syrian: the main highway out of Lebanon and towards Damascus and a bridge on that road.
The plan was knocked down, and another one (one that held onto many of the core tenets of the original) was enacted in it's place.
But let's suppose that this plan to enact an extensive bombing campaign of both Lebanon and Syria. The Syrians are pissed, to be sure, and call up...let's say...two armoured divisions and attack helicopters near the border.
They deploy them but don't move into Lebanon. On July 27th, after the Israelis have been held up for several days at Bint Jbeil and a few others, the Syrians decide to cast their die and move their armoured divisions into southern Lebanon after a public request from Hezbollah.
So...what happens?
In one of the first chapters, the various plans that both the IDF, Israeli politicians, and the Bush Administration are outlined. One of the plans included an extensive bombing plan aimed towards the bridges and roads that could be used as possible escape routes.
What makes this plan so inflammatory was that at least two of the the targets were Syrian: the main highway out of Lebanon and towards Damascus and a bridge on that road.
The plan was knocked down, and another one (one that held onto many of the core tenets of the original) was enacted in it's place.
But let's suppose that this plan to enact an extensive bombing campaign of both Lebanon and Syria. The Syrians are pissed, to be sure, and call up...let's say...two armoured divisions and attack helicopters near the border.
They deploy them but don't move into Lebanon. On July 27th, after the Israelis have been held up for several days at Bint Jbeil and a few others, the Syrians decide to cast their die and move their armoured divisions into southern Lebanon after a public request from Hezbollah.
So...what happens?