Posted on 03/28/2017 5:43:01 AM PDT by C19fan
I don’t know how you see a radicalized Egypt
They did a pretty good job of thwarting Obama’s plan for that.
I foresee them actually working with Russia and sending forces to Syria to stabilize a secular government, perhaps replacing Hezbollah as pro-Assad muslim militia
By saying that Israel benefits strategically from chaos and civil war in Syria it pretty much supports the thesis that for Israel, ISIS in Syria is a useful tool, moral considerations and high sounding statements about “democracy” all aside
and they have more in common with Saudi Arabia than openly recognized
Then they need to stop running air raids into his capitol, unless he - and Russia- are cooperating with it
At least send in covert ground teams to blow up Hezbollah’s crap
To an Arab, simply landing a SCUD on Israel even in a goat herd is a great victory in the Islamic world
When Saddam did this, the Israelis suffered it without response- complicated political situation during DESERT STORM..... but I do think they vowed “never again” and surely not from Assad
ISIS infiltrates by cyber networks and social media and recruits its attackers by radicalizing indigenous muslims as “lone wolves”
Any country that has muslims already has potential enemy inside the gates
Gaza beware
“I don’t know how you see a radicalized Egypt
They did a pretty good job of thwarting Obama’s plan for that”
But it could be in the future, and THAT is what I meant when I said, “A united Syria, OTOH, allied with the likes of Hezbollah (i.e. Iran) and a (once again) radicalized Egypt WOULD be an existential threat.”
Note that there is not just one hypothetical in there (a united Syria), but a second (”a (once again) radicalized Egypt”).
Understand that in the same way that England played off various countries against each other such that its Navy was ALWAYS more powerful than the next 2 combined (well, until the US with its industrial might and resources came along about 100 years ago), Israel must look VERY long term at the nations surrounding it. Israel can handle Hezbollah alone, even Hezbollah plus Syria. But possibly not them plus Egypt. Well, Israel probably can’t have that much influence in Egypt, given its large size and population (and the world reaction if it tried in any significant way), but it can throw a big monkey wrench into the works of this triad of potential enemies by acting to keep Syria unstable. Further, the longer that it is unstable, the harder it is for Syria to recover to the point of being a threat to Israel (which, technologically speaking, is a fast-moving target).
That, at least, is my view - that Israel is acting in its very long-term strategic interest by doing this. As I said before, I can’t exactly blame them for that. We haven’t been for the past 8 years, and look at the mess we’re in...thankfully, this aircraft carrier is being turned around by its new captain and his junior officers.
The most heavily defended border with Israel is Syria.
Mines, Tanks and EM-RF 24-7 monitoring.
That should tell you who the Israeli’s are worried about.
In 73’ they nearly cut the country in half by capturing the Jordan River.
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The world won't care about Syrian scuds targeting Israeli citizens. Israel will, and unlike Bush I, I doubt the US will interfere. Russia will back Assad down
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