The empire strikes out: Here's the big difference folks: Occupying armies lose. They don't believe in what they're doing. The people who believe in what they're doing are sitting at home counting their money. The troops are fighting people defending their homes. Is this clear enough. Empires suck. The US is supposed to be a Republic. It's only the deviant ruling/investing class and their 'little Eichmann' toadies in the financial services industry who want an empire. Oh yeah, and the armchair 'nuke 'em all' generals watching FOX NEWS and cheering on the 'Rapture'. Idiots, idiots, idiots...

New enemy gains on the Pentagon

(WASHINGTON) Pound for pound and pounding for pounding, the Israeli military is one of the world's finest. But Hezbollah, with the discipline and ferocity of its fighters and its ability to field advanced weaponry, has taken Israel by surprise.

Now that surprise has rocketed back to Washington and across the U.S. military.

U.S. officials worry that they are not prepared, either, for Hezbollah's style of warfare - a kind that pits finders against hiders and favors the hiders.

Certain that other terrorists are learning from Hezbollah's successes, the United States is studying the conflict closely for lessons to apply to its own wars. Military planners suggest that the Pentagon take a page out of Hezbollah's book about small-unit, agile operations as U.S. forces battle insurgents and cells in Iraq and Afghanistan, and plan for countering more cells and their state sponsors across the Middle East and in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.

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