At this point, basically a parallel government that holds a big fricking gun to the head of the legitimate one. They spend most of their time b***hing about israelites and trying to pick fights with the Israelis.
Once it became apparent Israel was going to Generalplan Ost anyone who stood in their way, and had tacit US support to do so, it didn't seem as appealing.
Hezbollah have zero ability to project power into Israel and are almost entierally focused on repelling a third Israeli invasion or helping out Iran is other proxy conflicts. Their huge missile stockpile is being held in reserve for if Israel decides to invade again.
hezbollah bros, what happened? idf is mopping the floor with these guys. 240+ guys dead plus 5 high ranking commanders all from cross-border exchanges
3 months ago
Anonymous
frick around and find out. israel isn't syria
3 months ago
Anonymous
>be militant force centered around defensive asymmetric warfare and ambushes in training, tactics, doctrine, and equipment >engage in something other than defensive asymmetric warfare and ambushes
If you seriously followed the Syrian Civil War you'd remember that Hez was initially used as conventional infantry and ate shit until they were allowed to run their own operations.
3 months ago
Anonymous
>about as many have died during the skirmishing so far than the 2006 war
hezbollah is fricked if israel invades arent they
3 months ago
Anonymous
The browns say hezbollah can solo israel, so you can bet that hezzies are fricked if they get out of line
3 months ago
Anonymous
Yea, that's why all the evacuees from North Israel have returned home and the border is secure, right?
https://i.imgur.com/PkMBHq5.jpg
Israel needs to come back to Lebanon and free us from Shia terror, a lot of us would rather fight with Israel than the terrorist scum Iranian agents
You aren't convincing anyone.
3 months ago
Anonymous
>Yea, that's why all the evacuees from North Israel have returned home and the border is secure, right?
because they're very good at hitting civilians. militarily they aren't shit but they have a shitton of rockets that they'll aim at civilians once shit hits the fan. this is not the brag you think it is.
3 months ago
Anonymous
>aim at civilians once shit hits the fan
peak irony
3 months ago
Anonymous
It doesn't take much aiming. Cities are big targets.
>Hezbollah have zero ability to project power into Israel
That didn't stop them in 2006.
Hezb in South Lebanon are a defensive militia, and are very capable in that limited role as IDF found out in 2006.
Now both sides of the Blue Line are heavily defensive and neither wants to be the one to step over into the other's KZ.
So now they just lob missiles, artillery and ATGMs at each other as PR and to keep the pressure on.
They too weren't ready for Hamas attacking, by the time they could've mobilized, Israel already had like 100k troops on the border.
Their only option was going all out with shitrockets, which they could've done, and likely would've been effective, but Nasrallah already knew that Israel would've gone total arab death on them if they did that and he likely preferred his gig of ruling southern Lebanon and doing whatever he wants
Barely. Besides they both have an arrangement whereby hezb gives up (rather, to not pursue) central government aspiration via election in return for couple of Parliamental post and and free reign on southern Lebanon. Lebanese army are shit anyway they might as well let hezbollah deal with Israel because they're much better at it then the actual army will ever be
An example of an unironic Deep State/state within a state. A paramilitary group with funding, training, manpower, and equipment to rival the standing Lebanese Armed Forces. They got a permanent seat within Lebanon's government after the end of the civil war and basically use it to shit up the place by perpetually poisoning the country's relationship with Israel and sucking off Iran.
Imagine if the Weimar Republic had collapsed into civil war in 1933 but instead of seizing power or being decisively defeated, the Nazis were essentially granted self-rule in in their stronghold in Southern Germany with the Sturmabteilung being given their own allotment of seats in the Reichstag, and then proceeded to buy a bunch of worn out artillery pieces from the Soviets with Anglo/French economic aid that they embezzled and fire it into Poland with no purpose other than to agitate the Poles into periodically invading Germany to beat the shit out of them, and write shitty editorials in Henry Ford's newspapers claiming to have heroically resisted Judeo-Polish aggression as soon as they left. That's basically Hezbollah's grift.
What? no the frick they aren't.
Lebanon as a state has an army but Hezbollah isn't the army, they have their own agenda and they outgun the Lebanese army.
What little armor that they had were bought off by paki at scrap value before being transferred to its frontier corps to unironically being used against taliban.
So don't be surprised too see MRAP next to Serbian T-55 guarding pakistan/afghanistan border
>the Taliban lack any sort of armor
Bruh, the Taliban have all sorts of armored vehicles now. Do you actually think zero armor got left behind with the at least half of a million rifles and machine guns? You don't think tracked vehicles got left behind when jet aircraft and helicopters got left behind?
What little armor that they had were bought off by paki at scrap value before being transferred to its frontier corps to unironically being used against taliban.
So don't be surprised too see MRAP next to Serbian T-55 guarding pakistan/afghanistan border
The Taliban have armor but they aren't a non-state actor, they're the governing faction of Afghanistan, they have tax men and bureaucrats
>the Taliban lack any sort of armor
They have at least one CV33, so they win through sheer aesthetics alone
>the Taliban lack any sort of armor
Bruh, the Taliban have all sorts of armored vehicles now. Do you actually think zero armor got left behind with the at least half of a million rifles and machine guns? You don't think tracked vehicles got left behind when jet aircraft and helicopters got left behind?
There are 3 goverments in yemen, houthis are one of them. The ""legitimate"" gov is in saudi arabia, but they used to be houthis allies in the past, and most of their army joined houthis.
Tell you what, if I lived in a third world sand shithole I'd own a print shop capable of printing those huge portraits they love so much. You'd never be out of business.
>(And no, the Taliban lack any sort of armor)
Holy shit educate yourself you stupid fricking Black person.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/taliban_has_tanks_combat_vehicles_and_tactical_missiles_yet_not_enough_to_fight_iran-6847.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/16nx0e2/the_taliban_are_rebuilding_their_armored_forces/
Wagner and nobody else even comes close.
It was THE PMC vidyas and political fiction writers warned us about.
It's such a shame that Prigozins russBlack person serf genes kicked in at the worst possible moment but I guess it should be expected from every russian.
Talibs have lots of armor but aren't a 'non-state' since the Biden Collapse, as they're now the Afghan government.
Hezbollah has armor but only on-loan in Syria as a sub-militia of the official SDF, they don't have any armor inside Lebanon.
I remember yesterday there's a vid of RVC armor column with at least a dozen very neat looking t72s supposedly from the belgorod region.
This situation shows not really how strong Hezbollah is, but how shit Lebanon is.
The Tamil Tigers had a navy during the Sri Lankan civil war and sank a shocking amount of ships mostly through suicide attacks
I don't really understand Hezbollah's relationship with the actual state of Lebanon.
it's an IRA versus Ireland type of deal. In another world Hezbollah would be playing the role of Sinn Fein in a Good Friday detente.
At this point, basically a parallel government that holds a big fricking gun to the head of the legitimate one. They spend most of their time b***hing about israelites and trying to pick fights with the Israelis.
Why didn’t they attack after 10/7? They seemed all ready and rearing to go then pussied out
Once it became apparent Israel was going to Generalplan Ost anyone who stood in their way, and had tacit US support to do so, it didn't seem as appealing.
Because they have a good thing going in their country and don't want their shit pushed in.
Why die for the cause when Palis are doing it for free?
Hezbollah have zero ability to project power into Israel and are almost entierally focused on repelling a third Israeli invasion or helping out Iran is other proxy conflicts. Their huge missile stockpile is being held in reserve for if Israel decides to invade again.
>Hezbollah have zero ability to project power into Israel
That didn't stop them in 2006.
Project power as in cross the border and take and hold land. A border raid to take some hostages isn't really power projection.
Playing defense isn’t power projection, and is in most ways the exact opposite of power projection, you stupid brown inbred homosexual.
Attacking a country isn't playing defense you moronic brown mother fricker.
hezbollah bros, what happened? idf is mopping the floor with these guys. 240+ guys dead plus 5 high ranking commanders all from cross-border exchanges
frick around and find out. israel isn't syria
>be militant force centered around defensive asymmetric warfare and ambushes in training, tactics, doctrine, and equipment
>engage in something other than defensive asymmetric warfare and ambushes
If you seriously followed the Syrian Civil War you'd remember that Hez was initially used as conventional infantry and ate shit until they were allowed to run their own operations.
>about as many have died during the skirmishing so far than the 2006 war
hezbollah is fricked if israel invades arent they
The browns say hezbollah can solo israel, so you can bet that hezzies are fricked if they get out of line
Yea, that's why all the evacuees from North Israel have returned home and the border is secure, right?
You aren't convincing anyone.
>Yea, that's why all the evacuees from North Israel have returned home and the border is secure, right?
because they're very good at hitting civilians. militarily they aren't shit but they have a shitton of rockets that they'll aim at civilians once shit hits the fan. this is not the brag you think it is.
>aim at civilians once shit hits the fan
peak irony
It doesn't take much aiming. Cities are big targets.
Shooting into Israel and then running away isn't force projection.
Hezb in South Lebanon are a defensive militia, and are very capable in that limited role as IDF found out in 2006.
Now both sides of the Blue Line are heavily defensive and neither wants to be the one to step over into the other's KZ.
So now they just lob missiles, artillery and ATGMs at each other as PR and to keep the pressure on.
> to keep the pressure on.
Is this a thinly veiled reference to Arsenal?
They too weren't ready for Hamas attacking, by the time they could've mobilized, Israel already had like 100k troops on the border.
Their only option was going all out with shitrockets, which they could've done, and likely would've been effective, but Nasrallah already knew that Israel would've gone total arab death on them if they did that and he likely preferred his gig of ruling southern Lebanon and doing whatever he wants
>legitimate
Barely. Besides they both have an arrangement whereby hezb gives up (rather, to not pursue) central government aspiration via election in return for couple of Parliamental post and and free reign on southern Lebanon. Lebanese army are shit anyway they might as well let hezbollah deal with Israel because they're much better at it then the actual army will ever be
An example of an unironic Deep State/state within a state. A paramilitary group with funding, training, manpower, and equipment to rival the standing Lebanese Armed Forces. They got a permanent seat within Lebanon's government after the end of the civil war and basically use it to shit up the place by perpetually poisoning the country's relationship with Israel and sucking off Iran.
Imagine if the Weimar Republic had collapsed into civil war in 1933 but instead of seizing power or being decisively defeated, the Nazis were essentially granted self-rule in in their stronghold in Southern Germany with the Sturmabteilung being given their own allotment of seats in the Reichstag, and then proceeded to buy a bunch of worn out artillery pieces from the Soviets with Anglo/French economic aid that they embezzled and fire it into Poland with no purpose other than to agitate the Poles into periodically invading Germany to beat the shit out of them, and write shitty editorials in Henry Ford's newspapers claiming to have heroically resisted Judeo-Polish aggression as soon as they left. That's basically Hezbollah's grift.
It's in their parliment.
The Lebanon state doesn't have a monopoly on violence. They share it with Hezbollah.
hezbola is the name of lebanon's army
What? no the frick they aren't.
Lebanon as a state has an army but Hezbollah isn't the army, they have their own agenda and they outgun the Lebanese army.
Well no shit the Taliban wouldn't have armor. Afghanistan is all mountains and narrow valleys.
What little armor that they had were bought off by paki at scrap value before being transferred to its frontier corps to unironically being used against taliban.
So don't be surprised too see MRAP next to Serbian T-55 guarding pakistan/afghanistan border
>the Taliban lack any sort of armor
They have at least one CV33, so they win through sheer aesthetics alone
WHERE DID THEY GET THAT FROM? Did Russia bring it over when they invaded?
Pre-Soviet invasion the Kingdom of Afghanistan was independent so for the Afghan Army they bought FT17s after WW1 and later L33s.
Whichever logistics company has the most cargo planes. They'd have the materials to make a lot of IEDs plus a way to deliver them.
Rapid dragon means that Qantas potentially has access to more firepower than the RAAF
>the Taliban lack any sort of armor
Bruh, the Taliban have all sorts of armored vehicles now. Do you actually think zero armor got left behind with the at least half of a million rifles and machine guns? You don't think tracked vehicles got left behind when jet aircraft and helicopters got left behind?
The Taliban have armor but they aren't a non-state actor, they're the governing faction of Afghanistan, they have tax men and bureaucrats
Wagner before they decided to frick around.
probably the banished
Does the Cybran "Nation" count?
Houthis?
There are 3 goverments in yemen, houthis are one of them. The ""legitimate"" gov is in saudi arabia, but they used to be houthis allies in the past, and most of their army joined houthis.
Tell you what, if I lived in a third world sand shithole I'd own a print shop capable of printing those huge portraits they love so much. You'd never be out of business.
WUZ 'BOUT DEM HOOFIES, FOO?
I thought taliban had Renault FT's still in service
>(And no, the Taliban lack any sort of armor)
Holy shit educate yourself you stupid fricking Black person.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/taliban_has_tanks_combat_vehicles_and_tactical_missiles_yet_not_enough_to_fight_iran-6847.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/16nx0e2/the_taliban_are_rebuilding_their_armored_forces/
Wagner and nobody else even comes close.
It was THE PMC vidyas and political fiction writers warned us about.
It's such a shame that Prigozins russBlack person serf genes kicked in at the worst possible moment but I guess it should be expected from every russian.
>And no, the Taliban lack any sort of armor
Isn't it a British security company?
Israel needs to come back to Lebanon and free us from Shia terror, a lot of us would rather fight with Israel than the terrorist scum Iranian agents
Talibs have lots of armor but aren't a 'non-state' since the Biden Collapse, as they're now the Afghan government.
Hezbollah has armor but only on-loan in Syria as a sub-militia of the official SDF, they don't have any armor inside Lebanon.
Some Syrian militant group