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You may have read Clausewitz, but understanding him is a "whole other thing." - Clausewitz is widely discussed here on SWJ.

OK, so now you just have to do the research!
Considering that an...

Apologies if I came on a bit strong here. Not my intent to deter you from your endeavour. Keep at me, but people like me are an everyday hazard in this business..... or should be!

Huh??? With respect, "Kings of War," these are not questions I would expect an MA student to be asking. They are simplistic.

Why is the condition "immediately after the war" less relevant than...

Rex Brynen, as usual has it right enough.

However one of the things that gets missed is that Israel had a plan for a war with Hezbollah. The incredible thing is, that when the shooting started,...

Of course context is critical but, as a people, they are surprisingly impervious to criticism. The Government may have diplomatic issues to contend with, but the people, and the IDF are peculiarly...

Israel and Israelis actually care very little about what other people think. It's very obvious to anyone who lives amongst them. The supposed PR is mostly irrelevant. The IDF cares about what...

Essentially, you cannot. I did an analysis of the all the guided weapons deaths. You can find that on the web. Bascially showed that Hezbollah can't shoot straight.
You can also read my letter to...

Wrong.
a.) Hezbollah is not an insurgency. It is a Lebanese irregular army formed for the defence of Lebanon, plus a proxy of Iran. - so in relation to Israel, the term insurgency is meaningless and...

Why not find out what happened. Actually do some research. 70-80% of what has been written in English is substantially wrong, or based on bad sources.

Most have simply never talked to those...

Which soldiers did Israel kidnap?

That's not an objective question. First I'd concentrate on finding out what actually happened, and why.

I can tell you a lot about Hezbollah's mistakes and...

OK. I'm impressed. Bang goes my feeble attempt at OPSEC. :wry:

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OK, but at the below unit level, the normal formations of the IDF did not have any encryption to fail. Some still used PRC-77!! You can listen to it on a commercial scanner. Bear in mind...

Naveh is indeed the father of SOD and very few officers in the IDF do not have a very strong opinion about him, or his teaching. Yes his influence was huge

.... and he is also apparently a...

This is exactly that 90% of folks have missed. The IDF have been doctrinally crippled by a bunch of avant-garde concepts, either home grown or from the US. The flow down from that was sets of mission...

Zack,

The only advice I would offer about attempting to analysis the 2006 War is be very careful of most Western English language analysis. It almost all contains substantial errors and...

a.) Who says Operation Cast Lead was not justified? Ever had rockets shot at your home?

b.) How come only Israel should be held answerable for war crimes, given the level of civilian deaths in...

Only read the First Chapter. I'd treat it with extreme caution. Quite a lot is plain wrong, not understood, or is based on opinion. Critical detail has also been omitted.
If anyone wants blow by...

Read the 2nd Paragraph.
So,

So the Hezbollah are the prototype?
This is a guerilla group, that;

Can't use guided missiles
Lost most of its long range SSMs in air strikes
Can't use...

Aha! Many thanks.

Fortified Compound Warfare? Please explain. Is this another name for "hedgehog" or "Stellunghund" defensive systems?

As this subject is extremely dear to my heart, I submit that this is a fascinating document and mostly a very useful one. However,



In context, out of 400 MBTs
48 MBTs hit - 12% hit
40...

...and I used to agree with that, till I saw these slides. While what he writes is vastly more accurate than I have seen in most open sources, there are some omissions, and some mistakes that...