06-23-2014, 10:08 AM
Speaking of Israel...
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This ain't good and it seems to be getting less press than it would be if US Sec of State John Kerry wasn't en route to Baghdad, where reports indicate that a quarter of the US-trained Iraqi military troops are running away when confronted by ISIS militants.
But, I think Israel air-striking Syrian military installations is very significant -- it's the first physical involvement by Israel in the Syrian civil war, which has now been waging for three years.
Israeli PM Netanyahu doesn't even know who's his country's bigger threat, the Syrian rebel/terrorists forces or the Syrian government, but he's diminishing the capacity of the government and holds the government officials responsible for any spill over of violence from Syria onto the Israeli-controlled defacto Golan Heights border, no matter if it was Syrian military or rebel/terrorist forces who committed the acts.
Snip:
Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early Monday, the Israeli military said, in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day.
In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and "direct hits were confirmed." There was no immediate response from Syria.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/22...20202.html
This ain't good and it seems to be getting less press than it would be if US Sec of State John Kerry wasn't en route to Baghdad, where reports indicate that a quarter of the US-trained Iraqi military troops are running away when confronted by ISIS militants.
But, I think Israel air-striking Syrian military installations is very significant -- it's the first physical involvement by Israel in the Syrian civil war, which has now been waging for three years.
Israeli PM Netanyahu doesn't even know who's his country's bigger threat, the Syrian rebel/terrorists forces or the Syrian government, but he's diminishing the capacity of the government and holds the government officials responsible for any spill over of violence from Syria onto the Israeli-controlled defacto Golan Heights border, no matter if it was Syrian military or rebel/terrorist forces who committed the acts.
Snip:
Israeli warplanes bombed a series of targets inside Syria early Monday, the Israeli military said, in response to a cross-border attack that killed an Israeli teenager the previous day.
In all, Israel said it struck nine military targets inside Syria, and "direct hits were confirmed." There was no immediate response from Syria.
Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/22...20202.html