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2010-02-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Pstanley 2010-02-10 00:12|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 At the narrow passage there is no brother, no friend.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-10 03:40|| 2010-02-10 03:40|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is also equally concerned about the buildup of Hezbollah men and the overwhelming amount of rocket munitions imported into his country, all aimed at Israel? Maybe that's why Israel is 'violating' he airspace to find out how much and where all these weapons are.

ya think?

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-02-10 11:28|| 2010-02-10 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 PM Hariri can't do a damned thing about it, Mike, and he knows it. So do the Israelis, who have announced that with the formal inclusion of Hizb'allah into the Lebanese government all of Lebanon will be treated as equally responsible for Hizb'allah actions against Israel. The next phase of the Lebanon-Israel war may well result in rubble up to the Syrian border. Or beyond the Syrian border, if current posturing on both sides is to be believed.

How much more would Israel see from fly-overs than they would from satellites and drones? I know Israeli planes periodically break the sound barrier over Damascus as a reminder to the bad guys that they can, with impunity. Would that be a primary or secondary motivation for similar behaviour over Lebanon -- "Behave or we'll bring something you don't like"?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-10 14:27|| 2010-02-10 14:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike, Hizbollah and the Syrians he wants to stand with against Israel are the guys who blew his dad into very small pieces.

I suspect at the moment he is facing the choice of having himself and his remaining family blown up by Hezbollah today or whatever Israel is going to do next week.

Given the choice between exploding today or exploding next week, what would you pick?

Maybe something will happen between now and next week.

In the meantime, I have my doubts about the general strategy; Israel can't really deter any Lebanese besides Hezbollah because they don't get to make decisions anyway. And if they want to deter Hezbollah, they'd be better off threatening Damascus and Teheran than Beirut, as they're currently doing.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-02-10 15:05|| 2010-02-10 15:05|| Front Page Top

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