"Oh, it's not that bad," said the wise man, "It's worse."

7/13/2006

Israel Entering 'Mad Dog' Phase, Strikes Hundreds of Targets in Lebanon :.

CNN:

Israeli airstrikes and artillery hammered hundreds of targets in Lebanon, including two strikes on the Beirut airport, where helicopter gunships left craters in runways and turned fuel tanks into fireballs.

Keep this quote, from Martin van Creveld, professor of military history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in mind:

We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals are targets for our air force. Let me quote General Moshe Dayan: "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." I consider it all hopeless at this point. We shall have to try to prevent things from coming to that, if at all possible. Our armed forces, however, are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that that will happen before Israel goes under.'