| From: | Geoff Morochnick <bodiam@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Eurowars |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 06:53:10 -0400 |
> Geoff Morochnick said on 15:20/30 Apr 98...
>
> > Israel's army never has been used in a purely offensive operation...
>
> LOL! I always get the 1967 and 1973 wars mixed up, but IIRC one of them
> was started by the Israelis as a kind of pre-emptive strike against the
> Arabs. The 1982 invasion of Lebanon wasn't exactly an entirely defensive
> operation either. (Overrunning half a country doesn't count as "defending"
> in my book.)
>
Well, the Israeli's have always been fond of going overboard... but it was
officially a defensive war.
To bring this more OT, what happened in the Middle East after the chemical
attacks and nukes? With the UCAS supposedly staying out of world politics, did
Israel get run over by the L.o.A.N.?
--
Stonebow
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other
bastard die for his.
-George Patton
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