by T J S GEORGE
American weapons not yet used in combat are always tested in Israel’s wars (nowadays also in Iraq, Afghanistan etc.) In the war against Lebanon, cluster bombs, phospherous bombs and perhaps the vacuum bomb were used although the enemy was patently weak. Small wonder that the powerful American arms industry lobbies as vehemently for Israel as the no less powerful Jewish lobby does. Add to this the Israeli mindset. Army boss General Eitan justified the war on Lebanon by saying: “Since I have built and excellent war apparatus, I must make use of it.” Sharon said that since the last war was in 1973, a whole generation of Israeli soldiers had no experience of battle and needed to be given it.
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