Misunderstanding may spark war with Syria and Isreal

[I've Seen Angels]

IDF: Misunderstanding may spark war with Syria

Deputy chief of staff says tense situation along border with Syria is alarming, adds Syria has no plan to attack Israel this summer
Hanan Greenberg

A misunderstanding between the Israeli and Syrian governments may spark a war between the two countries, the IDF deputy chief of staff warned on Wednesday.

Maj-Gen Moshe Kaplinsky said however that the army did not believe the two countries were heading for a confrontation, but acknowledged the situation along the border was tense.

"As far as I know, we are not heading for war with Syria this summer," said Kaplinsky in a meeting with military reporters.

Asked about the army's readiness for war in the aftermath of its poor performance against Hizbullah last summer, Kaplinsky said: "After last summer's war, the IDF is a different army. After the war all the operational plans have been rewritten."

He admitted that Syria's acquirement of sophisticated Russian arms was alarming but said the army believed Damascus was upgrading its armed forces for defensive reasons.

Kaplinsky said that the IDF had started implementing a series of recommendations made by internal inquiries, noting that old equipment was being upgraded. The army was criticized last summer for supplying old gear and equipment to the thousands of reservists who were called up for the war.

He also said that by the end of 2007 the army would be training 70 percent of the reserve forces on a regular basis.

Kaplinsky accused Iran of fanning extremism in the region by supporting Hizbullah and Hamas.



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[WhiteH2OWoman]

Hmm...no, actually, I think they understand each other's agenda quite well. And THAT is what will start a war!

[I've Seen Angels]

Hmm...no, actually, I think they understand each other's agenda quite well. And THAT is what will start a war!

I agree...it is jsut a matter of time!

Gail

[Tevye]

I imagine Syria is just preparing and waiting for
the Pres. of Iran to say jump,
so they can jump,
or shoot that is.
I don't think the Syrian Pres.
has the courage to do it on his own.

[bok]

I imagine Syria is just preparing and waiting for
the Pres. of Iran to say jump,
so they can jump,
or shoot that is.
I don't think the Syrian Pres.
has the courage to do it on his own.

If Israel attacks Iran, Assad will attack Israel with proxy forces from Hizbollah in Lebanon and his own in the Golan, so may Egypt and Jordan, in a repeat of the Yom Kippur war. They saw Israel consumed on one front and tried to open another. We know what happened there.

Israel's military has completely re-written its op-plan after last summer's war. It is likely that its generals will be told to go "hot" and use everything in their power to win. This could mean battlefield nukes or even a strategic nuclear attack on Damascus (the anticipated Is. 17).

Think also about what may happen in Pakistan. We are probably looking at having to send in ground forces to Islamabad Karachi to secure nuclear technology in the wake of a collapse of Musharraf's government. A US involvement in Iran will undoubtedly result in the ejection or assassination of Musharraf. If we fail to secure Pakistan's nukes, we're in big trouble and so is Israel. This is probably the only pin keeping the grenade from going off.

The US does not want a regional war because it means that we have to secure Iraq against an exodus of Syrian refugees into Anbar, it means we have to take on the Iranian Navy, it means we have to defend the Straits of Hormuz, and it means that we may even be attacked by Israel in the process.

Israel has allegedly come darn close to attacking its American ally in Iraq, in an attempt to drop a 20 kiloton weapon on Hamadan, a major Iranian weapons base.

In essence, this whole thing is a powder keg waiting to go off, and I wouldn't put anything past Assad. If major fighting breaks out, most in the region will likely consider it all or nothing. I don't think this will be the Ezekiel 38/39 war (the magog force will take time to assemble... but they rehearsed it in late 2006), but it could pre-announce it by only a few weeks or months. If there is an attack against Iran or Syria, it will probably be brief and devastating to both Syria and Iran.

Here's a little graphic I cooked up to show the threat more visually. Feedback welcome.

bok

[cocatholic]

Nice job bok. The US position is a little confusing and almost makes it look like we are a threat to Israel. The gray arrow clears this up as us being a proxy support of Israel just like the 3 stooges are of Hizbollah.

Need to add a big curly Q bracket over every and put God is in control over all. Your diagram though is for political/strategic illustration.

[bok]

Thanks for the good feedback cocatholic. You are so right... God is sovereign and provident. None of this happens without his knowing.

[Triton57]

I imagine Syria is just preparing and waiting for
the Pres. of Iran to say jump,
so they can jump,
or shoot that is.
I don't think the Syrian Pres.
has the courage to do it on his own.

If Israel attacks Iran, Assad will attack Israel with proxy forces from Hizbollah in Lebanon and his own in the Golan, so may Egypt and Jordan, in a repeat of the Yom Kippur war. They saw Israel consumed on one front and tried to open another. We know what happened there.

Israel's military has completely re-written its op-plan after last summer's war. It is likely that its generals will be told to go "hot" and use everything in their power to win. This could mean battlefield nukes or even a strategic nuclear attack on Damascus (the anticipated Is. 17).

Think also about what may happen in Pakistan. We are probably looking at having to send in ground forces to Islamabad Karachi to secure nuclear technology in the wake of a collapse of Musharraf's government. A US involvement in Iran will undoubtedly result in the ejection or assassination of Musharraf. If we fail to secure Pakistan's nukes, we're in big trouble and so is Israel. This is probably the only pin keeping the grenade from going off.

The US does not want a regional war because it means that we have to secure Iraq against an exodus of Syrian refugees into Anbar, it means we have to take on the Iranian Navy, it means we have to defend the Straits of Hormuz, and it means that we may even be attacked by Israel in the process.

Israel has allegedly come darn close to attacking its American ally in Iraq, in an attempt to drop a 20 kiloton weapon on Hamadan, a major Iranian weapons base.

In essence, this whole thing is a powder keg waiting to go off, and I wouldn't put anything past Assad. If major fighting breaks out, most in the region will likely consider it all or nothing. I don't think this will be the Ezekiel 38/39 war (the magog force will take time to assemble... but they rehearsed it in late 2006), but it could pre-announce it by only a few weeks or months. If there is an attack against Iran or Syria, it will probably be brief and devastating to both Syria and Iran.

Here's a little graphic I cooked up to show the threat more visually. Feedback welcome.

bok

Awesome! It helps me to see it visually, thanks! I'm going to share it if you don't mind.