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Mideast Expert: Assad is Winning -- and That’s Bad for Israel
Israel National News ^
| Sunday, June 16, 2013
| Maayana Miskin
Posted on 06/16/2013 7:49:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Assad is winning with Iran's help, Mideast expert says. He warns Israel not to rely on the 'corrupt, ineffective' UN.
Syrian President Bashar Assad now has the upper hand in his ongoing war with Syrian rebels, according to Dr. David Bukai of Haifa University, an expert in Middle East affairs.
Iran and Hizbullah are helping Assad win, Bukai told Arutz Sheva. "This increases his weakness vis-a-vis Iran," he warned.
"Syria will be more dependent on Iran, and that will affect our border, because if Assad is not independent and is open to Iranian and Hizbullah influence, there will be attempts to 'heat up' the border," he warned.
Lebanon, too, could prove unstable, he said. "The Sunni Muslims, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, are very concerned by Hizbullah and Iran. The Sunni Muslim religious leaders have issued a religious edict against Hizbullah and Shi'ite Islam, so Lebanon is apparently going back to being a conflict zone," he predicted.
Israel cannot depend on the United Nations to provide protection in the north, he declared. "The U.N. is a corrupt organization. 'Um, Shum' [U.N., Shmu-N], as David Ben-Gurion said."
"It's an organization dominated by the Islamist states, and it is ineffective," he continued. "Just now we saw the [Israel-Syria] border heat up, and the Austrian troops withdrew
They cannot be relied on."
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TOPICS: Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; egypt; iran; iraq; isil; isis; israel; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; opec; russia; saudiarabia; syria; syriawar; waronterror
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:49:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
Yakhont and S-300 keywords newest to oldest:
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- 5 Questions on Russian S-300 Missile System Sales to Syria
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- Russia confirms plans to supply Syria with Yakhont missiles
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- Russia will honour Iran missile deal: minister
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- Russia sells Libya top-line S-300 denied to Tehran
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- Iran threatens Russia with legal action(over failure to deliver S-300 SAM)
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- Russia may nix S-300 sale to Iran
- Russian Yakhont Missile to deploy on Syria's Coastline?
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- Russia says not selling missile system to Iran: report
- Iran says S-300 missile deal with Russia on track
- Shooting Down Missile Defense
- Russia has not delivered S-300 missile systems to Iran - source
- 'Russia freezes sale of S-300 to Iran'
- Russia Freezes Sale Of S-300 To Iran
- Kremlin must decide on sales of S-300 to Iran - Rosoboronexport
- Gilad to Russia: Don't sell Iran arms
- Russia: No S-300 Defense System for Iran
- U.S. Report Says Iran Purchases S-300
- Threat Matrix: September 2008
- Russia threatens to supply Iran with top new missile system as 'cold war' escalates
- 'We'll Neutralize S-300 if they're Sold to Iran'
- Advanced S-300 on way to Iran
- Greece Helped Israel Study Iranian Air Defense System
- Israel worries Iran may give Russian anti-ship missile to Syria, Hizbullah
- SYRIA MULLS S-300PMU2 SYSTEM
- Russia has sent four S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Belarus
- Veniamin Yefremov: Russian weapons designer who outwitted the Pentagon
- Russia Develops New Support Vehicle for S-300, Plans to Export
- Polish Analyst: Russia May Send S-300 Missiles to Iran via Belarus
- Russian missiles on Polish border
- Russia denies reports about transfer of S-300 missiles to Iran-(hubba hubba)
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:50:49 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
I say let the battle continue indefinitely until Al-Qaeda expends all of its respawns.
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:51:01 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:51:40 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: struggle
That will require that neither side runs out of ammo.
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:52:08 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Call me naive but I suspect that there's *no* possible outcome in Syria that would be *good* for Israel...there's just one that would be less (or least) bad.
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:57:00 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
To: SunkenCiv
Insane. To think that the ones taking over would be somehow better for Israel. I cannot believe that a decade after 9/11, the US military is supporting Al Qeida in the field, and is even going to fly to protect them.
Disgraceful and treasonous.
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posted on
06/16/2013 7:57:08 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: SunkenCiv
As long as Shiites and Sunnis are killing each other, what’s the problem?
To: Gay State Conservative
I think Assad is the least bad one. Assad does not actively try to kill Syrian Christians, but the rebels do. Assad has learned from personal experience what happens when he directly challenges Israel, but the rebels haven’t and have would love a fight.
Assad understands that if he shoots chemicals at Israel, he could get nuked. The rebels only want to see the whole place destroyed.
The rebels have sworn allegiance to Al Qeida.
None are good guys there, buy who in their right mind would want the rebels to take over from Assad?
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:05:27 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: SunkenCiv
As always....the key questions for me are: How does all this ultimately fulfill Isaiah 17...Psalms 83...Ezekiel 38, 39...et al.
What events NOW lead to THOSE ends? Does Assad winning with Iran and Russia's help do it? Does a Rebel victory accomplish this?
It's like knowing the answer and solving for X. What's X?
To: DesertRhino
Assad isn’t a radical Muslim that wants to Kill Christians, So Obama wants him removed. Just like Obama wanted Kadaffi removed because he didn’t want to radically kill Christians. Obama wants these moderate Muslims removed so the radicals can take over. He’ll do anything for radical Islam. The Anti-Christ does this
To: DesertRhino
I was watching ABC talking heads just now and all the unarguable assumption is that the United States MUST topple Assad. The bounds of discussion are limited by that one goal.
I think it’s none of our government’s business what happens in Syria and any meddling by the Idiot in Chief will only make matters worse.
To: SeaHawkFan
Also why is this worth one borrowed American dollar, at a time that we cannot allow the Thunderbirds to perform at airshows or service Academy graduations due to budget cuts?
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:10:29 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: realcleanguy
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:11:51 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: Gay State Conservative
Indeed, like the rebels would be “good” for Israel.
To: SunkenCiv
Assad has been around for a long time, but now he’s a humbled and weakened Assad on life support from Iran and Hezbollah.
I say its a good situation for Israel. The Sunni states won’t care what Israel does to Hezbollah and Assad won’t be a threat for a long time.
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:22:02 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Dalberg-Acton
any meddling by the Idiot in Chief will only make matters worse.Isn't that his plan ?
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:27:33 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: SunkenCiv
It is actually good for Israel.
Does anyone think for one New York minute that al quaida would refrain from attacking Israel? The “rebels” are al quaida.
We want Assad to win. Period. We want secular government. Not muslim kooks in charge.
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:39:35 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Dalberg-Acton
the talking heads are dead wrong and ought to stfu
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:41:14 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: SunkenCiv
If he’s winning, he’ll just win a pile of concrete and a nation still hating him.
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posted on
06/16/2013 8:58:41 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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