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November 2, 2006

Let Israel Fight Back

By P. David Hornik
FrontPageMagazine.com | November 2, 2006

[..] Behind Gaza is the Sinai. Although the simple Qassams are home-manufactured, they carry explosives that are shipped into Gaza from Sinai in massive quantities along with other munitions like Katyusha rockets, rifles, bullets, antitank and anti-aircraft missiles. That phenomenon, too, has risen sharply since the disengagement. Like Gaza in 2005, the Sinai was evacuated by Israel, with all military personnel removed and civilian settlements dismantled, in 1979-1982.

Whereas the Sinai withdrawal was by bilateral agreement with Egypt and is ritually cited as “proving” that Arab-Israeli peace agreements can work, the Gaza withdrawal was more or less unilateral and was seen by some as a clever solution to the problem of having no negotiating partner but needing to leave a place where Israel’s presence was supposedly untenable. The upshot is that bilaterally evacuated Sinai and unilaterally evacuated Gaza now form a continuous zone of aggression that destabilizes the region and increases the risks of an Israeli-Egyptian or larger confrontation.

When one adds to this the increased risk and destabilization—now clear to all after the summer 2006 war—caused by Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, the conclusion is that Israel’s current problem of encirclement by terrorist forces backed by state actors like Iran, Syria, and Egypt is a direct result of its land concessions. CONTINUE

Posted by Ted Belman @ 12:36 pm |

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My arguement for sometime now is that Syria and Iran are in effect extentions of Russia. Without the Russians they could never have obtained the weaponry and power they have today. Russia, and to a lesser extent China, have also given them the diplomatic coverage needed to advance their ambitions.

Russia is in effect confronting Israel by proxy in order to gain control and influence in the Middle-East. I also believe Russia at this point now sees the the elimination of the state of Israel as a solution to the problems in the Mid-East. Israel has become the main obstacle to their stratagy and policy for the region.

In a google search I came across the follow information on a google search. I am not familiar with the writer, an evangelical named Jack Kelly (not Jack Kelly at JWR), but he seemed to be current on information in that region of the world and here is some of it:

….France and Italy have agreed to sell Lebanon their jointly developed Aster 15 anti-aircraft missile system to prevent Israeli unmanned surveillance aircraft from spying on military activities in Lebanon. (The UN has promised not to shoot down Israeli surveillance aircraft. But the French, who lead the UN forces, have threatened just the opposite.)

Russian intelligence personnel, protected by Russian infantry, have all but taken over the southern Lebanese town of Sidon near Israel’s Northern border. The intelligence they gather will be shared with Syria and Iran……….

Russia is also constructing deepwater ports in Tartus and Latakia on Syria’s coast to serve a major Russian Naval presence in the Mediterranean. The plan is to potentially relocate portions of Russia’s Black Sea and North Sea fleets to the Middle East.

Syria and Iran have restored all of Hezbollah’s pre-war offensive capabilities, and with the permission of the Lebanese Army and UN peacekeepers Hezbollah has regained control of its pre-war strongholds along Israel’s northern border as well.

By now it should be clear to everyone that the UN ceasefire has become a cruel joke. The parties involved (except for Israel) aren’t just ignoring it, they actually seem to be trying to discover how blatant a violation is required to arouse the world’s criticism. So far no one has said a word, and that includes Israel. It’s a repeat of the Gaza withdrawal on a grander scale.

Syria is working with Hezbollah to topple the government of Lebanon in favor of one more friendly toward them, perhaps led by Hezbollah. Syria has also maintained combat ready forces along its border with Lebanon and is openly discussing the merits of a pre-emptive attack on Israel.

Iran has begun to upgrade the 7500 man Hamas militia into a Hezbollah like attack force with $90 million worth of training and weaponry. Since the beginning of 2006, Hamas has smuggled over 20 tons of air and surface missiles, ordinance, and weaponry into Gaza through 15 recently discovered tunnels built since Egypt took control of the Southern border. Much of this armament has come from Iran. Syrian instructors arrived in Gaza for the first time last week to begin the training. The Iranian/Syrian goal is to have trained attack forces ready and waiting on both the northern and southern borders with Israel.
Prelude to Ezekiel 38?

It appears that a coalition based on mutual interest has been formed between Iran, Russia, and Syria. They intend to exploit the weaknesses discovered in Israel’s war with Lebanon by preparing a pre-emptive attack designed to prevent Israel from destroying Iran’s Russian built nuclear capability should the need arise.

In the UN, an agreement has been reached that will exempt Russia’s reactor building program in any sanctions against Iran. This was done to get Russia’s cooperation. Apparently Russia’s 10 reactor deal with Iran will proceed unhampered.

From Moscow this week, Israeli PM Olmert warned again that, “We don’t have the privilege to allow a situation in which Iran has the capability for unconventional weapons.” (In reply Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad declared, “There is no reason for Israel, the greatest insult to human dignity, to exist. It will soon disappear.”)

Despite these words of warning, experts say that Israel is so preoccupied with assessing the blame for its failure to neutralize Hezbollah that it’s paying scant attention to gearing up for the next attack.

Meanwhile 3 US Navy Carrier Strike Groups have arrived for exercises off Iran’s Persian Gulf Coast. The Iranian government believes their real purpose is to help Israel mount an attack against Iran. Ahmadinejad claims that Allah has told him that Iran will be successful in any military confrontation with Israel and the US.

What Are You Trying To Say?

It doesn’t take an inspired prophet of God to tell that things don’t look good for Israel right now. In fact, aside from the times they’ve been in the middle of an all out war, I can’t recall a worse time. Events seem to be gathering the type of momentum that leads to taking on a life on their own. Like an atomic explosion that achieves critical mass and becomes unstoppable, they could soon spiral out of control.

This time around it seems like Syria is getting set to assume the lead role on the battlefield with Iran calling the plays but remaining in the background. Remember, the idea is to prevent Israel from attacking Iran. If Iran took the lead it would defeat the purpose of the strategy.

Syria is a far different foe than Hezbollah, with 220,000 soldiers, 3,500 battle tanks, 600 combat aircraft and thousands of short and intermediate range missiles. 150-200 of these missiles are believed to have chemical or biological warheads. Israel’s discovery that Syria was getting ready to launch of one of these CBW’s would likely trigger a pre-emptive strike of the kind mentioned in Isaiah 17. Israel would not only have to prevent Syria’s actions but also demonstrate the consequences to any other country thinking of doing so. With such a build up of hostile intent all around, Israel has been deprived of any “measured response” option and will have to employ overwhelming force to any threat.

In August, Israel was criticized for making a disproportionate response to Hezbollah’s cross border provocations. I wonder what the world will say when Damascus disappears under a mushroom shaped cloud.

Comment by RandyTexas UNITED STATES — November 2, 2006 @ 1:30 pm

Well, As of today we can add some new information to the above:

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian and China indicated that they will not support a draft U.N. resolution imposing tough sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt its nuclear enrichment program.

The comments by Russia’s foreign minister and China’s U.N. ambassador were the strongest reactions yet to the draft by the two key U.N. Security Council members, and signaled difficult negotiations ahead on the resolution drawn up by Britain, France and Germany…….

There will be no diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis. The West is blocked by the Communist terrorist state alliance.

Comment by RandyTexas UNITED STATES — November 2, 2006 @ 3:37 pm

Incase you missed it on CNN last night - Glenn Beck delt with the Russian threat to Israel

What follows id a partial transcript - read and consider it.

…..Now, from the enemy within to the real enemies, one of them, Russia, a country that has gone from superpower to third world country in the minds of most Americans. But the real story is that couldn`t be farther from the truth.

Let me lay out the case for you. A couple of weeks ago, a story came out that most of the media either missed or decided to ignore. The headline read, “Russia: Arms race with the U.S. may start again.” It featured a quote from the Russian chief of staff warning the United States that deploying a missile defense system in Europe would bring about a new arms race. Yes, I can see why we ignored that one, huh?

Then, of course, there`s the little matter that Russia has been a major roadblock towards passing a U.N. resolution against Iran. The Russian defense minister recently said that they will oppose any attempts to now punish Iran. Gee, guys, didn`t we already agree to that in the first resolution, you know, the one with the August 31st deadline?

And finally, a new congressional study was just released showing that Russia is now the number-one supplier of weapons to the developing world and to China. To Iran, they sold $700 million in surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, along with upgrades to their new bombers, new MIG fighter jets, new battle tanks.

OK, you`re saying, “Oh, big deal. I mean, they`ve threatened the arms race. They`re blocking sanctions. They`re dealing weapons to our biggest enemies. They`re harmless. They`re Russia. And we do some of that stuff, too.”

Well, let me put this into a greater context for you, because I believe this isn`t just about Russia at all. It is about Russia`s idea of who they are, who they want to be, their plans for a future, a future in which they control not only all of their former territories of the Soviet Union, but also those of — are ready for this — Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Israel, basically a modern-day Byzantine Empire.

Now, the scary part is you`ve dismissed that until you realize — I didn`t make that up — that actually comes from a Russian politician. This guy is basically the Karl Rove of one of the leading parties in Russia, a party that some people think may take power in the next six years.

But even if that happens, how would they pull that off? Well, consider now the solution proposed by a former Russian military officer, that he believes that Russia should befriend the Muslim world and tell them that, “We have the weapons and the power, you have a billion people. Let`s work together.”

Is Russia`s support of Iran starting to make a little more sense to you now?

If you will just for a moment seriously consider that that may be their long-term plan, then what`s the one thing that would unite the former Byzantine Empire along with the Muslims? Israel, taking on Israel. Now, if you think that`s crazy, it has been attempted before.

In 1982 — and you are not going to believe that you haven`t heard this before — the Israeli military found an enormous cache of Russian weapons, including tanks and heavy artillery. They were all buried in Lebanon.

When Israel found them, the Israeli prime minister said at the time, “The pre-positioning by the Soviet Union” — I`m quoting — “of such massive quantities of arms could only be in preparation to overrun Israel, then Jordan, then Saudi Arabia, and the other Persian Gulf states.” Again, that was 1982.

You know, Winston Churchill said that Russia is a “riddle, wrapped in a mystery, surrounded by an enigma.” I don`t mean to throw Churchill under the bus, but I think he was wrong. It ain`t that hard, Winston. Russia, once again, is our enemy. And this time, I fear, the war with them will not be cold…..

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/01/gb.01.html

I’ve been trying to get this across to people for a while. Thanks Glenn, this is the first time I have heard of any attention given to this by MSM - CNN none the less!

Comment by RandyTexas UNITED STATES — November 2, 2006 @ 4:34 pm

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