Israeli officials confirmed Saturday that an airstrike against Syria was aimed at missiles allegedly being transferred to anti-Israeli Islamist militants and not the Assad regime's chemical weapons stockpiles.About 16 Israeli warplanes breached Lebanese airspace Thursday overnight and attacked targets inside Syria, CNN first reported late Friday. An Israeli official told the Associated Press on Saturday that the strike aimed to destroy “advanced, long-range ground-to-ground missiles” being transferred to the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, which the United States considers a terrorist group.“Chemicals maybe get a lot of press and attention,” an Israeli official told The New York Times, “but one of the clear things worrying us is advanced conventional weapons.”
is Israel emboldened by flexing our muscles? i worry that they are moving on our handshake and lives of our already winded military.
our vets are committing suicide as direct results of service not topour country but othersas well, who would do the same for us if we were suddenly strickened with inability to defend ourselves?
The strike comes as President Obama has warned that reports that Syria has used chemical weapons, if confirmed, would be a “game-changer” that would spark greater U.S. involvement in the two-year-old civil war. He said Friday that he did not envision having to deploy troops on the ground but could not definitively rule out such a scenario.Bashar Assad's regime did not confirm the strike, possibly because it does not want to set in motion a retaliatory attack against Israel that would likely decimate its air force. This is the second Israeli strike against arms transfers to Hezbollah since the Syrian civil war began; in January, the Israeli air force is believed to have destroyed a shipment of SA-17 anti-aircraft missiles destined for Hezbollah, although Israel did not publicly confirm its role.
are they trying to force our hand, they know the state of our country and war. i understand their concerns but should we let them dictate when our military dies?
we need to get off the high horse and take care of home, this whole defendor of the world crap has always had some gain for us, but what price extinction?
