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2012-02-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF fears Syria attack as pressure builds on Assad
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Posted by trailing wife 2012-02-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 IIRC see also TOPIX, LUCIANNE > WILL OBAMA WAGE WAR ON IRAN TO WIN RE-ELECTION?; + ANALYSTS: EMBASSY ATTACKS SHOW IRAN IS FEELING THE PRESSURE.

Yokay, I'll bite, wasn't "FEEL THE HEAT" a song by 1980's group Power Station???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-02-16 00:23||   2012-02-16 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 It seems to me that with defections and desertions, the Syrian Army is seriously challenged right now. A serious gas attack would force IDF to glass Damascus.
Posted by Alaska Paul  2012-02-16 00:31||   2012-02-16 00:31|| Front Page Top

#3 If Obama punted on the Keystone pipeline so as not to lose part of his core constituency, I can't imagine him getting involved in a war that would alienate an even large chunk of his base.
Posted by SteveS 2012-02-16 00:33||   2012-02-16 00:33|| Front Page Top

#4 If Obama punted on the Keystone pipeline so as not to lose part of his core constituency, I can't imagine him getting involved in a war that would alienate an even large chunk of his base.

We worry about him getting involved on the Syrian side.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 07:14||   2012-02-16 07:14|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the long-discussed and somewhat-feared 'Sampson Option'; not directed at just Israel but at other nations within the region.
Posted by Pappy 2012-02-16 13:01||   2012-02-16 13:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe we'll get lucky and Turkey will invade, thinking of re-establishing the Caliphate.
Posted by Charles 2012-02-16 19:38||   2012-02-16 19:38|| Front Page Top

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