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Originally posted by Frank W
Not gonna happen. Israel has probably the best army in the world. Not to mention a kick ass air force [73 war notwithstanding].
Compare the US' Somalia campaign/fiasco with Israel's Entebbe rescue operation and you'll know what the hell I am talking about.
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A better analogy would be the failed hostage rescue attempt during President Carter's term. That plan was virtually doomed to fail, and we were probably lucky that it failed in the first of its four phases. I don't know what military genius came up with that plan, but having spent more than 30 years in the Army, I can assure you that there are far too many of these genius types in the upper echelon.
Having said that it is usually civilian micro managment that is at fault when military operations go south, as was the case in Somalia.