Posted on 10/17/2006 9:28:36 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- For the first time in more than a decade, Israel's military has raised the prospect of a Middle East war.
Military sources said the Intelligence Corps has warned of the possibility of war in 2007. The sources said the corps, in its annual intelligence assessment, has notified the General Staff that Syria represented the greatest danger of war over the next year.
"The main message was that the chance of war with Syria in 2007 was greater than during 2006," a source said. "This does not mean that it will happen. It means that there is a reasonable change of it taking place."
The annual assessment relayed to the General Staff was expected to be revised over the next few months. The Cabinet would receive the annual assessment toward the end of 2006.
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OH OH somebody need a***kickin
Israel should feature their neutron bomb, the gift that leaves the buildings standing.
What do you mean by "irregular"? When I clicked on it, it went straight to the website.
How accurate do you consider it to be?
If the terrorists actually believe their press that they won the last conflict - hehehe - and, full of arrogance attack Israel in a conventional manner, they will get the living daylights kicked out of them. Israel is fully capable of defeating any combination of Arab forces.
Seems "regular" to me as well.
Syria should have had it's @ss kicked at the same time as Iraq .
Well let's see, the propspect of an Israeli war with Syria has gone up from X% to Y%. No telling how big that Y is though. I'd still have to think Syria would be smart enough not to risk a war with Israel. The last time their forces had something like parity was in 70s. They probably feel better after Iran's proxy "won" in their war with Israel in Lebanon, but not better enough to foolishly attack Israel.
I think he meant it wasn't from on of the news sources you generally see around here.
I dunno about us taking on Syria and Iraq simultaneously. We didn't know how the Iraqis would fight (they fought a whole lot harder for Kuwait than for Iraq) and it's not like we really had an impressively large invasion force. We took things pretty risky as it is.
All true, but considering most of them fled into Syria at the beginning, regrouped and began the insurgency from Syria, it may have been better to nail them while they were there. Then again, maybe that is what they wanted. We drew a lot of resources out of Syria regardless, and they certainly won't be as difficult to take out now.
Did I miss something? I thought there was already a Middle East war going on. Why else is my son not at home?
I could see them doing that if Israel launched an offensive against them, but I can't see them attacking Israel out of the blue. They've never tangled with Israel by their lonesome before, with the possible exception of Lebanon, and that almost ended with Damascus in Israel hands. Seems to me most of Syria's acquisitions have been primarily defensive in nature.
I understand why some of the Baathist higher ups fled to Syria, but as a person who was expecting a "Battle of Baghdad" I have to think that seeing Baghdad in ruins, orphans everywhere, etc. would be more of a propaganda victory for Saddam and co. than a Syrian-based insurgency.
Also, what do you mean that we drew resources out of Syria. Are you referring to the money that the Iraqis brought over there when they fled?
Get rid of that damned Olmert and his cronies or it's all over.
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