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"they are a defensive gueriella force...." is exactly correct. people need to avoid exaggerating the strength of Hezbollah and what it can achieve given its circumstances.Dude ..
1 - Hezbollah is about 30k individuals that can surge to 3x that with the surge members having poor training.
2 - They have no tanks, or airforce. no intelligence gathering for targetting.
3 - the inventory of missiles is limited and fixed - ie they cannot be refreshed.
they are a defensive gueriella force....
Israel has :
1 - an airforce - largest in that region
2 - can mobilise up to 500/600k soldiers if not more. Their entire population is a trained army. They did 400k at the start of the gaza genocide.
3 - unlimited missiles/bombs/rockets. truly unlimited with US support.
the worst thing hezbollah can do for lebanon is blow smoke up their own behinds and believe their own propaganda... war is coming to lebanon - you only have to look at the recent approvals of bombs etc to Israel..
Most governments, not just those of the Islamic countries, invest where is better ROI. Even the Chinese are constantly buying real estate and whatnot in America/Canada/Europe despite decades old negative press given to the Chinese companies. Where else would a govt invest? Poor Latin America or Africa? Or China? Then please know that the Chinese are getting so good that so many things that even the German automakers are getting kicked out of the Chinese market. As for the 'funds freeze', when America froze Russia's assets after the Ukraine war, that was a very bad move and must have sent jitters down so many world govts. Essentially, like a true bully, the Americans disregarded the international norms, just like labeling the recently passed UNSC Resolution on Gaza as 'non binding'. Who can trust such an entity? But what else to do if there are lack of competitive alternatives: Capital doesn't like to sit idle and wants to make the quickest, biggest profit in the shortest safest timeframe.I agree that Western companies offer attractive ROI but that also needs to be tempered with national security concerns of being held hostage to funds freeze by their governments. Ths US is extremely mindful of national security and already told the Saudis to divest from some American investments.
Yes, more can be done. Agreed.I also agree that it is impossible to boycott Israel-linked companies completely but there is much that can be done in that regard without going 100%.
IF and WHEN the Islamic world acts as a block and boycotts Western products en masse then the West can't afford to lose the market.US companies' stratospheric valuations depend on a global market. With the US sanction tantrums against China, Russia and other countries, can Western companies afford to lose the Islamic world markets also?
Germans in particular and Europeans in general should be already cursing that they joined the American Neo Con's war against Russia. But as far as the 'colonial mental slavery', I am not sure: Unless there are good alternate ROI AND ease of doing business along with reasonable protection of investments, not just the GCC rulers but also others who curse the West, including in Latin America or Africa, will continue to invest in/via the Western systems or seek Western investments.Also Germans were freezing in their homes this winter, wearing double sweaters because Russian oil sanctions had pushed heating prices sky high. German economy is staring at a recession. This is while they were sending weapons to Israel to kill Palestinians. How good would it have been to cut off all oil and gas to Europe during this period?
Bottom line, as you and @UKBengali point out, it's their colonialist mental slavery that rules these GCC rulers.
I don't know why you try to undermine Hezbollah but the same military power in Lebanon liberated Lebanese soil from your mentioned strong Israeli military.Dude ..
1 - Hezbollah is about 30k individuals that can surge to 3x that with the surge members having poor training.
2 - They have no tanks, or airforce. no intelligence gathering for targetting.
3 - the inventory of missiles is limited and fixed - ie they cannot be refreshed.
they are a defensive gueriella force....
Israel has :
1 - an airforce - largest in that region
2 - can mobilise up to 500/600k soldiers if not more. Their entire population is a trained army. They did 400k at the start of the gaza genocide.
3 - unlimited missiles/bombs/rockets. truly unlimited with US support.
the worst thing hezbollah can do for lebanon is blow smoke up their own behinds and believe their own propaganda... war is coming to lebanon - you only have to look at the recent approvals of bombs etc to Israel..
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