Monday, March 17, 2008

CSIS Report: "The Lessons of the Israel-Hezbollah War"

Tony Cordesman at CSIS, here
"....There are other lessons more unique to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict that may serve as a warning of the shape of things come in Afghanistan and Iraq, or in future conflicts. One was how ineffective most IAF close air support sorties were in dealing with a Hezbollah that could take advantage of tunnels, sheltered buildings, and well-prepared concealment...."

1 comment:

mo said...

Seems to be a glut of these reports all of a sudden.

http://usacac.army.mil/CAC/csi/RandP/OP26.pdf

The above is a far more objective report that doesnt simply regurgitate Iraeli claims (such as the Resistence using human shields).

They all have the same thing in common though. If Israel was better prepared they would have won. Let them continue to think like that.