I think Syria Intelligentlemen killed Mughniyeh..

"And for what its worth, if the IDF or Mossad was really behind the Mughniyeh bombing, don't you think they would have taken out alot more of the Hizbullah animals than they did? The fucking Arab terrorist blew his own ass up, but the Arabs couldn't wait to blame Israel and use it as an excuse to incite more violence.

I do not fucking care what anyone says or thinks anymore.... no more political correctness from me when it comes to Arab terrorists. Shower them all in pigs blood.

And you fools in the West who believe there is a way to rationally discourse with these animals have another thing coming."

"You fools in the west..."  Doc, are posting from 18,000 above sea level in some Tibetan Lamastery?  What's the hobbying scene like up there?

Even with a Hyperbole Discount Factor, it's clear that the Pallys and their various fun-loving organizations are not the only ones to hold cheaply the lives of their opponents.  You, however, are safe and comfortable and prosperous, whereas they...

for actually knowing WTF one is doing.  Or you could argue that study in advance is more effective prayer than some slapdash last minute voodoo ritual.

The political aspects of conflict are much harder to deal with than the military ones.

My suspicion is that the biggest difference between the fundamentalist assholes in the mideast, and the fundamentalist assholes among us, comes down to line 37 of their 1040, adjusted gross income.  These guys can't afford and don't know how to use sights, whereas the snipers who take out abortion docs do.  I'm not sure you can blame the mortarman's mom or mullah any more than you can blame Little Timmy McVeigh's DI.

So which came first, the chicken or the egg, asshole culture or asshole economics?  Your argument is that it doesn't matter anymore, and in many cases, I think that's true.   OTOH, I doubt it applies to the entire population of Cairo, and we're all amazed how the original asshole Khaddafi has changed his stripes.  

The idiot who blew himself up probably callously hurt a fair number of civilians.  The same can be said of many American pilots and even infantry.  We can point out any number of conflicts where terrorists turned into patriots.  Ignorance and poverty doesn't leave people nearly as many options, and makes it much easier for assholarity to spread.

Banastre Tarleton said about the same thing about Americans as you're saying about Arabs.  maybe the better mantra would be, "there but for the grace of god, go I".

All that being said, I seriously doubt we should be taking a lot of effort to jump into big problems before we understand them.

I'm simply noting they are dealing with 3rd worlders.

It's not that political restraints cripple the IDF, it's that any combat is incredibly confused, especially when you are dealing with reservists, as the IDF does.  What I'm thinking of is after-action reports & other accounts I've read from the various israeli wars.

I will give it to them, they put a lot of thought into it, as they should, and are damned serious of necessity - while the US cultural background is bureaucratic - when was the last time we fought a war that might actually involve the families & friends of our national leadership??