Posted on 06/08/2007 10:25:39 AM PDT by Fennie
The division-strength war games, involving hundreds of tanks and thousands of soldiers, backed by helicopters and drones, took place in the Judean Desert. The training exercise featured Israel's most advanced tank - the Merkava Mark 4 - pitted against Syria's best armor, the Russian-made T-72 tank. The first mission given to the armored forces was to create passageways and build makeshift bridges over deep ravines, similar to the valleys and rivers in the Golan Heights. The tanks were backed up by artillery fire and supported by infantry troops, some traveling in armored personnel carriers and others being flown into the field by transport helicopters...
Israel might be well prepared militarily, but they equally need to be prepared politically. Get rid of Olmert and Peretz.
Ping!
Wake up America, before it is too late!!!
its coming
next 30-90 days
Why do you think so?
Meanwhile Olmert is begging for talks with Syria, promising to give back the Golan Heights for peace. Since the Koran says it’s okay to lie to infidels, Jews, Gentiles, whatever, anything Syria signs would be suspect. But hey, Peace in our time and all that.
Syrian arms and rockets, etc., supplied by Russia, thank you very much.
America is under attack by Syria?
think, being the operative word
I think its going to happen because
1) summer time conditions are optimal for warfare in that part of the world and history suggests same (see 1967 and last summers conflict)
2) both contries are mobilized (many military observers have commented this is the largest mobilization of Syrian forces to the Golan front since 1973)
3) Olmert and Assad are both dealing with imminent political and/or domestic crisis (Olmert - historically low approval ratings, blundering management of last summers war leading to daming Winograd report, etc.; Assad - international pressure to stop support of terror groups and upcoming UN trial for the Hairir murder, which may very likely finger his govt.) and may be looking for a way to deflect those crisises (probably thru peace talks at first, but if they break down could lead to war)
4) words are powerful. There are way too many suggestions of war by both sides (both from their political and military branches). These “babblings” (as Olmert has called them) have led to a very real mobilization of forces, the next step is initiation of hostilities
I will continue later, but I think we are in for a war this summer
ping
Thanks for the insight. Adds credence to what’s become usual rhetoric from Ahmadinejad, in that very recently he said that Israel would cease to exist soon.
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