[Gods_Mercenary]

Israel could easily crush hezbollah if it was willing to suffer the PR consequences of huge numbers of "civilian" deaths and a bloody offensive, but it isn't. Hezbollah is tactically smart, hiding behind civilians, etc., but that doesn't make you powerful. THey have no way of having any affect beyond ther own corner of the world, and Israel would most likely crush them if given the chance in a global conflict. It doesn't matter how good you are, if a bomber is carpet bombing your hidey hole and you have no way of retaliating, you're going to lose. A war between Russia and the U.S has been possible for over half a century, and in periods of that 50 yrs war has been far more likely than now. Does that mean imposible, no, unlikely, yes.