Talk:Lebanese Armed Forces

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Contents 1 BOOSTER 2 Keep the part about the air force 3 ATTACKER-class patrol boats 4 "Heavily armed security force"? 5 Special Forces quality 6 Role in Lebanon's Crisis/Crises 7 Concerned that this is too much opinion, not enough fact

[edit] BOOSTER

The Lebanese Army is one of the most trained in the world but lacks the modern weapons and fighting systems. Lebanese soldiers are sent to be trained in Europe and USA, they score very high points in training in most cases as their Americans and Eoropeans counterparts, but due to political restrictions both internal and external, the Lebanese Army is unable to arm itself niether in quantity nor in quality.

[edit] Keep the part about the air force

Keep the part about the air force. It's about the armed forces so all branches should be included. Mrld 17:05, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ATTACKER-class patrol boats

Are the ATTACKER-class patrol boats the same as the Australian Attack class patrol boats. The article states the boats are British but the link goes to an Australian made boat (I don't think the Aussies sold any to the Lebanese). Ozdaren 15:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Heavily armed security force"?

I was watching the news, and someone brought up an interesting theory, that this entire army is just a force to help police Lebanon, and serve virtually no other purposes. It's quite clear that this force couldn’t hope to stop Israel or Syria if they were to return. They've lost a considerable amount of men to an enemy in most terms, weaker foe, and just 3 days into fighting in Tripoli, they're requesting more ammunition. Just how powerful or reliable IS this military? Or is all this just simply the fact that they lack more donations? Hoboron 23:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC) Hoboron

[edit] Special Forces quality

What is about that snake eating bullshit? To finalise the process of becoming a Commando each new recruit must undertake the highly regarded Snake meal. This meal occurs at the conclusion of the training and involves the Commando biting off the head of a live poisionous snake with his teeth and eating it Unless there is a _reliable_ source it should be deleted immediately - ok I just did so. Sounds like an urban legend. What if there is no poisonous snake at hand - cant you graduate to a special forces member. Furthermore for such a small force to have 8 SF formations is quite a lot. So what is their standard of training? Can they be compared to established SF forces (SAS, SEAL, KSK)? What is the difference between commando and special forces regiment? This needs a lot of work. Right now it seems like the fantasies of a 12-year old lebanes army fan.

[edit] Role in Lebanon's Crisis/Crises

If I'm right, currently the Lebanese Army is undergoing a role in a political crisis, quite likely not the first time either. I still haven't sorted out the facts of what's going on over there yet. Does anyone have a basic idea of what's going on, and if we should update the page to tell the role of the military in the said crisis? Hoboron (talk) 01:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Concerned that this is too much opinion, not enough fact

Seriously, this article reads like a recruitment brochure for the Lebanese Armed Forces. "Lebanese snipers are considered among the deadliest in the world" and other statements are purely subjective. Also references to a country called "Israhell" don't seem to be very NPOV. cook503 (talk) 12:34 AM, 15 January 2007 (EST)