Six army battalions called up under emergency orders to meet growing threat on Egypt,Syria borders

timesofisrael.com ^ | 05/02/2012 | AARON KALMAN

[massmike]

The IDF has issued emergency call up orders to six reserve battalions in light of new dangers on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the IDF permission to summon a further 16 reserve battalions if necessary, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

“This signifies that the IDF regards the Egyptian and Syrian borders as the potential source of a greater threat than in the past,” the former deputy chief of staff, Dan Harel, said on Wednesday night.

“The army needs a better ‘answer’ than in the past to the threat,” he said, citing Egypt’s deteriorating control over the Sinai, marked by an upsurge in Bedouin smuggling of weapons and other goods. He also spoke of the growing threat of terrorism from Sinai, as exemplified by an infiltration last August in which eight Israelis were killed.

The Syrian situation was also highly combustible, Harel said, “and it could explode at any moment… and pose a direct challenge to us.”

Maariv said the army had to decide whether to cancel training sessions for enlisted soldiers or to summon additional reserve units, and it chose the latter; canceling training would mean soldiers would not be prepared in the case of an all-out war.

[no-to-illegals]

obama's ... er mean
zer0's fault

[kagoots]

The only way to protect yourself from the kids is to destroy the mother. I say they are planning to bomb Iran within two weeks. May G_D be Israel in this time of need.

[PLD]

It is time to take our troops out of Afghanistan and put them into Israel..If this piece of crap Obama stands by and lets those savages go into Israel then he will surely go to hell..We need to help our friends..

[skimask]

Not to worry. Israel will never be defeated. Her borders were set thousands of years ago by a higher authority than any muzzie understands or knows.

[mojito]

Something’s up.

[PA Engineer]

BTTT. This is not SOP. Something is up.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Refugees...

[EEGator]

Exactly what would our troops be doing?

[ken5050]

Next time:

DON'T GIVE THE SINAI BACK!!

[PLD]

What ever the Israeli's need them to do if they even wanted them there..one thing for sure our boys and girls would not have to worry about the Israeli's stabbing them or shooting them in the back

Right now Israel is just putting troops on its borders.

[PLD]

What ever the Israeli's need them to do if they even wanted them there..one thing for sure our boys and girls would not have to worry about the Israeli's stabbing them or shooting them in the back

Right now Israel is just putting troops on its borders.

[tired&retired]

But wait, O’Bummer has not been in office three and a half years yet! That won’t be until July 20th.

[EEGator]

The Israelis have 16 more Battalions ready to be called up if necessary. I can see air support,or naval support, but not ground troops.

They have the same problem as we do. Neither of us fight the way we should anymore. You must crush your enemy. None of this non proportional response worries.

[Jack Hydrazine]

We’ve been using the “limited war” strategy since 1951 when Truman fired MacArthur because Mac was into crushing the enemy during Korea.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Probably would be a great time to take back Sinai.

Minimum loss of life, Egypt won’t be able to mount a counter, and with Syria being distracted, and IDF ground troops up north, it is an easy play.

Then give it to the Palis and move them out of Gaza.

The Palis get their own country, Israel gets another seaside resort and Egypt doesn’t have to worry about pissing the Israelis off any further.

[EEGator]

I am certainly on MacArthur’s side.

[EEGator]

Sounds like a plan to me. Only problem is the Palis want all the Israelis dead.

[Venturer]

If I were in Egypt or Syria, and I had a fan, I wouldn’t turn it on. The crap is about to hit it.