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I believe most people vastly underestimate the military might of Israel. Certainly Israel has been very formidable against weak armies such as those of Egypt.
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
I believe most people vastly underestimate the military might of Israel.
Certainly Israel has been very formidable against weak armies such as those of Egypt. However, I don't think Israel's brief 2006 war against Hezbollah went all that well. Very little achieved at considerable cost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War
My impression was that the average Israeli soldier involved was like: "fuck this, what the fuck am I fighting for?" Shades of Vietnam!
The Israeli army of 2016 is not at all the same as the armies that fought in 1967 and 1973. But I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff, so I'd welcome corrections.
- ufmace 11y agoEvery indication is that their army was and is quite formidable in a conventional fight. Particularly against relatively poorly-led and organized but large and well-equipped armies like the arab armies of the 60s-70s. Counter-insurgency is a whole different ballgame, though, as many nations have discovered the hard way. Israel can almost sorta kinda do it well sometimes. It's worth noting that Hezbollah is quite terrible at counter-insurgency too, and they know it, which is why they've never made any attempt to take control of the rest of Lebanon outside the Shia area they control in the south.