Lebanon has had problems, in part, because it ends up with someone else's troops as its military. Keeping in general terms they are like a country in the game Risk, one that keeps getting control tossed back and forth. They are largely bystanders in their own country militarily.
The lovely troops currently in charge are picking a fight with Israel and Israel can't let themselves just bombard at will. The bombarded targets are random civilian populated areas makes the need to stop it greater. They simply have to respond to the endless exploding projectiles.
The loonies picking the fight are driving trucks with rockets and missiles on them through residential and commercial areas. Hoping they get blown up and take of civilians, for propaganda purposes. Israel is using pinpoint strikes, which makes this a much slower battle. Meaning Lebanon stays under fire longer... meaning more civilians will die on both sides.
The Israelites have also dropped leaflets explaining that if you don't want your house blown up don't let it be used as an ammo dump or staging area. I'm not sure how much choice the locals have in that area, but that these kind of leaflets are being dropped at all shows the frustrating condition the Israelites are fighting under.
This is just the way that things currently are for the Lebanese. The only way Lebanon is going to end this game of occupational 'hot potato' is to control their own country and have a strong enough military to keep it from being used for other people's wars.
While I feel sorry for the people of Lebanese in general I'm not actually sure why they don't have their own military. Does anyone know why? Is it just been 'hot potato'ed since WWII or something?
The lovely troops currently in charge are picking a fight with Israel and Israel can't let themselves just bombard at will. The bombarded targets are random civilian populated areas makes the need to stop it greater. They simply have to respond to the endless exploding projectiles.
The loonies picking the fight are driving trucks with rockets and missiles on them through residential and commercial areas. Hoping they get blown up and take of civilians, for propaganda purposes. Israel is using pinpoint strikes, which makes this a much slower battle. Meaning Lebanon stays under fire longer... meaning more civilians will die on both sides.
The Israelites have also dropped leaflets explaining that if you don't want your house blown up don't let it be used as an ammo dump or staging area. I'm not sure how much choice the locals have in that area, but that these kind of leaflets are being dropped at all shows the frustrating condition the Israelites are fighting under.
This is just the way that things currently are for the Lebanese. The only way Lebanon is going to end this game of occupational 'hot potato' is to control their own country and have a strong enough military to keep it from being used for other people's wars.
While I feel sorry for the people of Lebanese in general I'm not actually sure why they don't have their own military. Does anyone know why? Is it just been 'hot potato'ed since WWII or something?