Originally posted by: jpeyton
And I know you guys don't like eating crow, but this is the latest AP report:
That brought the Israeli death toll to 94, including 46 soldiers, the 12 reservists and 36 civilians.
Israel's attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 607 people, including 524 civilians, 29 Lebanese soldiers and at least 53 Hezbollah guerrillas.
Hezbollah has killed 58 soldiers and 36 civilians.
Israel has killed 53 Hezbollah guerrillas (the people they are supposedly
targeting), 29 Lebanese soldiers (after stating they are not at war with Lebanon), and a
whopping 524 civilians.
I find this incredibly tragic for Israel. Hezbollah's ranks have barely been affected and they still have a massive weapons cache (and the ability and support to re-arm). Killing that many civilians not only increases sympathy for Hezbollah worldwide, but has probably increased their ranks as well.
What a complete and utter failure this campaign has been so far. All Israel can do is continue bombing; their much larger ground forces are having a hard time defeating a few hundred guerrillas.