Well, maybe we could or we couldn't, if we understood, in clear terms, just what the objective of this operation might be.
"This man, Abu Hanoud, whose capture and interception was the objective of this operation, is responsible for the deaths of dozens of people in the past," Prime Minister Ehud Barak said today.
But the nasty question then surfaced: what is the objective of this operation?
The objective of this operation was to clear the area south of the Sana river between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor.
But the real objectives of the operation include preserving Fatah's status as the sole sovereign in the Palestinian Authority and as a partner for negotiations," he said.
The objectives of the operation was broad in its scope.
At Arnhem the British 1st Airborne Division and Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were tasked with securing bridges across the Lower Rhine, the final objectives of the operation.
As it was, the objectives of the operation were outside the capabilities of the Egyptian military and Shazly saw it only as a means of inducing the Soviets to supply more arms and equipment.
While waiting for the right time, Nao briefed Hung on the objectives of the operation, which was to sink the largest American ship at the Saigon Port, and promptly report the results back to headquarters.
On 1 May a tape of Nixon's announcement of the incursion was played for General Abrams, "who must have cringed" when he heard the president state that the capture of the headquarters was one of the major objectives of the operation.
