Posted on 03/19/2017 8:46:05 AM PDT by C19fan
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes. "The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation," Lieberman said on Israeli public radio.
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Why was Israel flying over Syria in the first place? I assume it was in retribution for some attack of Assad on Israeli forces but I never heard of any provocation. What is going on there? I thought Trump was supposed to work out an agreement with Assad as part of the Syrian peace process. Things are still down the rabbit hole there, it appears.
The strikes are against Hezbollah, which has been firing Iranian supplied rockets into Israel.
Hezbollah is at times a loose cannon, and Assad needs to realize that they can thus be a liability.
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Likely to prevent the delivery of advanced weapon systems to Hezbollah.
I can't imagine the coming demographic makeup of America, ironically, pushed for by Israel's biggest supports in Congress, will be agreeable to sending a huge chunk of its foreign budget to this project, nor will they be able to do so.
That bluster only works if Russia permits them to be destroyed - else its a Israeli-Russian air war at the least - omitting the fleet of heavy missile cruisers stationed off the Syrian coast and the ones in the Caspian.
Ping
If Russia DOES NOT permit them to be destroyed: Don’t you think Israel will do it anyway? Watch Vlad get his butt kicked. Israel is in a constant state of war. It can take care of itself. We will be there to clean up.
Hezbollah’s commander said Russia directly supplies Hezbollah with weaponry.
It would be difficult to think Hamas and Hezbollah get weapons through the Shia Crescent that are only Iranian made.
Picture if Venezuela supplied terrorists on the border to fire weapons, missiles, etc. at the US. Would one be saying, well, the US can’t go into Mexico after these terrorists, that’s a sovereign nation.
It does appear the situation is heating up a bit in this area; and a counter attack on the Syrian Govt. in Damascus today.
Israel claims to have bombed weapons going to Hezbollah in Syria. Syria retaliated.
This goes on frequently, but this time Russian summoned Israel to explain and I supposed to express its displeasure.
We will "clean up"? Are you advocating we send more blood and treasure into the hellhole known as the Middle East?
It could get brutal to Biblical proportions. Looks like we'd have to come in and clean up.
Russia will be happy to sell Syria a replacement after the present ones are destroyed. At a Billion Plus per unit.
MAybe read the article?
If Syria doesn’t want to be bombed by Israel all they have to do is stop shipping advanced weapons to terrorists in Lebanon.
Nothing reported from this area can be believed. However, if Israel is threatening Syria, the Russians may become involved. This can easily escalate. The U.S. has sent troops into Syria without a declaration of war or invitation from the Syrian government. Are we going to repeat of great success in Libya? We came, we saw, he died. HaHaHa.
Some of those AA systems are way too close to Safed for my personal liking. Hezbollah/ISIS/WHATEVER THEY ARE CURRENTLY CALLING THEMSELVES can easily take over those positions.
Better to get rid of them now.
Old Testament relationships with neighbors?
You mean those nice people who launch thousands of rockets against your civilian centers every year?
If Mexico did that to us for 1 week much less decades - Mexico would not exist.
I find your comment to be... terribly ignorant.
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