• Bulldozers went forward to clear mines. Pulled back. Already small numbers of ground forces went into Lebanon and returned. This is called route reconnaissance and engineers making certain the coming attack is organized correctly.
• A reserve division was called up over the weekend. This is a sign of a substantial operation.
• Shaping the battlefield: It may be that the air campaign is not complete which explains delay in ground attack.
• Israel looking for longer-range missiles than already seen. Fear is that Hezbollah will attack Tel Aviv with long-range missiles once Israel attacks. Thus, the special forces are frantically looking for those missiles and then targeting with fighters.
• Saudis and Egyptians are holding Hezbollah responsible. G8 statement wasn’t hostile to Israel. UN desperate for a solution.
• Fighting continues.
• Blockade in place.
• US seems slow in removing citizens from Beirut. Team that arrived yesterday is working details out of US Embassy and Marine Expeditionary Unit should be off shore soon – but out of sight for protection.
• Politically, Olmert has the support to attack and if not he would face serious problems in Knesset.
• Bottom line: Israel taking more time to deploy ground forces, allow air campaign to shape battlefield.

My brother-in-law, soon to be Navy pilot bad boy killiing terrorists from the skies, asked me over the weekend my thoughts on Israel and the crisis.

My easy response was... ARM THEM TO THE TEETH and GET OF THEIR WAY.

He agreed.

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