Expanding further, I'd encourage pedes to research past Israeli conflicts (wars, not Palestinian silliness).
Isreal kicks butt.
Historically they've always fielded a smaller force, but the quality of troops is easily on par with the US, and their special forces are world class, and better than many/most of ours.
Anyone looking to poke Isreal with anything short of a nuke better be prepared to lose pretty much all forces they send.
and their special forces are world class, and better than many/most of ours
Only when confronting badly equiped ennemies whose communications they could infiltrate. Otherwise, they're paper tigers. Case in point: their failure in south Lebanon.
Good analysis.
Expanding further, I'd encourage pedes to research past Israeli conflicts (wars, not Palestinian silliness). Isreal kicks butt. Historically they've always fielded a smaller force, but the quality of troops is easily on par with the US, and their special forces are world class, and better than many/most of ours. Anyone looking to poke Isreal with anything short of a nuke better be prepared to lose pretty much all forces they send.
Only when confronting badly equiped ennemies whose communications they could infiltrate. Otherwise, they're paper tigers. Case in point: their failure in south Lebanon.
That doesn't speak well of the US then, when you consider US special forces look up to them, cross train with them, and learn from them.
We teach them too, of course, but I digress.
I've read USMIL testimonials stating that Israelis they were training were barely better than the Iraqis they also trained.