Posted on 04/17/2010 8:42:01 PM PDT by jhpigott
Israel has delivered a secret warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad that it will respond to missile attacks from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese-based Islamist group, by launching immediate retaliation against Syria itself.
In a message, sent earlier this month, Israel made it clear that it now regards Hezbollah as a division of the Syrian army and that reprisals against Syria will be fast and devastating.
It follows the discovery by Israeli intelligence that Syria has recently supplied long-range ballistic missiles and advanced anti-aircraft systems to Hezbollah.
“We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missiles against us,” said an Israeli minister, who who was speaking off-the-record, last week.
The warning, which was conveyed to Damascus by a third party, was sent to reinforce an earlier signal by Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli foreign minister. “If a war breaks out the Assad dynasty will lose its power and will cease to reign in Syria,” he said earlier this year.
The Israeli decision to hold Syria directly responsible for Hezbollah’s actions is believed to be the result of intelligence assessments that Beirut has lost control of the Shi’ite organisation, which has become an increasingly powerful force in Lebanon.
Reports that Syria has supplied Hezbollah with Russian-made Scud ballistic missiles have alarmed Israeli ministers. The missiles have the potential to reach the entire country and could carry chemical warheads. New gas masks are being supplied to Israel’s entire population, with an intensive television advertising campaign underway to stress their importance.
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Not so secret, apparently. But it was a message that needed to be deliverred.
It is nice that someone has some cubes and will speak the truth...I am so proud to have lived in that great country...as a christine,,,,and nobody gave a sh*t...
I wonder whose side Obama is on...? Oh, that’s right.
Does not matter anyway, God is on Israel’s side.
Let’s get starteded...Insha Allah and all that...
Let’s get started...
Let’s... get started..........
You lived in Israel under the name Christine? =)
And zero will side with the mullahs
Will the US re-supply Israel with munitions after they have been expended.
That is the question.
Thx for the ping, jh. I like that Israel is using very clear language in their warning to Syria. It’s the only kind of language they understand.
MM (in TX)
“God will side with Israel. Any who oppose Israel do so at their peril.”
I hope God gets the Jews that voted for Obama!
Well the shipping cost is cheaper if they take those ones...:^)
This is why they won’t let me be president, cuz someone attacks our country, I’m turning theirs into a glass parking lot.
I would think a war that involved Israel, Hezbollah, Syria and Lebanon would qualify as a “regional war”.
2 other potential combatants are Iran and Hamas. A few of Iran’s military options include 1) attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz 2) fire ballastic missiles at it’s Gulf neighbors either of which could pull in further combatants . . . the risk of a regional war is real IMO
Nuke Damascus and at least 30 other major Islamic cities. You’d be doing the world a big favor!
“We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missiles against us,” said an Israeli minister, who who was speaking off-the-record, last week.
errr.... um...
This move by Syria is actually a flanking maneuver by Iran.
Both Hezbollah and Syria are acting as first line Iranian surrogates in the coming war with Iran.
It is admission by Iran that they don’t have the absolute error less ability to counter directly an Israeli attack.
Having been through the bekaa valley during early stages of the 2006 war, then 10 days in Beirut during the conflict and after that driving from the Syrian coast to Damascus and then south to Jordan; It is quite apparent that Israel could announce the date and time of an air strike and likely complete it with impunity...even today.
Syria may have some more modern military technology, however what I saw was mostly 1960s and early 70’s worn out junk. A friend of mine is a retired “christian” General in an Arab country. He asserts it is “impossible” to have a effective military when the religion of Islam interferes with training and operations, as in required prayer 5 times a day. I am not being critical of the religion here, just the conflict of interest between soldiering and the particular religion.
Or an earthquake.
......I wonder whose side Obama is on...?.....
He is on the side of left wing pussy pacifists.....no war. War is obsolete.
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