[dinok]

Its an offensive act to remove land mines on your side. Its what an army does right before it switches from defense to offense. Armies advance on a broad front and require open lanes in the minefields to drive across.

Most likely this is a posture by Syria so they can say they "did something" in support of Lebanon. But one can not ignore the potential of that move. Not when tanks are seen behind the minefield gaps.

[wyattearp]

But one can not ignore the potential of that move. Not when tanks are seen behind the minefield gaps.

It is one thing to mass your tanks on the border. It is quite another to remove your anti-tank defenses at the same time. The only reason to do that is if you are going to attack.

This isn't posturing. You don't remove your defenses to make a point.

[ichabod1]

I suspect that if Syria has a chance to change the "facts on the ground" vis-a-vis the Golan Heights they will take it. The elephant in the living room that the Fox correspondents haven't mentioned is that the Syriens can fire arty from the Heights right down on Jerusalem. This is totally unacceptable to Israel, for obvious reasons, so if they make a play for it they're asking for total war.