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Assad's arsenal: 100,000 missiles and rockets
Yoav Zitun
Published: 24.08.13, 23:37
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1. Blah blah 100000 missiles. Israel has the Jeicho
Gideon   (08.25.13)
2. Hopefully,
Ron ,   oc us   (08.25.13)
Hopefully Israel stays out of the Arab springtime. If war is imposed upon Israel then, Israel better have nape, cluster munitions, daisy cutters and a few thousand cheap rockets of their own.
3. what shld we do, thrw up the white flg & call for peace?
(08.25.13)
4. example
Matt   (08.25.13)
Well look at Hizbullah and Hamas are rocket fire during IDF operation. With Assad we are effectively talking about the same doctrine, except the carry chemical ali. So even a full scale shock and awe would still result in a 2006/2008 situation. So it comes down to Assad copping limit strikes via cruise missiles and air trikes from the West or an escalation. In which he unloads his WMD at Israel. In which case the only option is a nuclear strike or strikes against Syria.
5. Let's do thank Lieberman's friends in Russia!
(08.25.13)
6. Send message to Assad
CJK   (08.25.13)
if assad dares send missiles into israel, Israel will destroy all allawite enclaves, neighbourhoods and all of his air force. Israel would also destroy all hezbollah strongholds.
7. Israel must be the One that strike first !.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (08.25.13)
8. Dangerous thinking
Chanel ,   Eretz Yisrael   (08.25.13)
all the kings horses and all the kings men won't matter a dither without the three pillars: Torah, T'filla and good deeds/acts of kindness. Weapons of war, like all else, are props in the hands of the Director of the show. Do you want to depend on the props ----- or The Director?
9. The real question is...
USMC ,   USMC   (08.25.13)
HOW MANY LAUNCHERS, and finding their LOCATIONS. The enemy may have one billion bulletts but only one gun. The Allies will certainly go for the LAUNCHERS and the military personnel, not for exploding the missiles themselves.
10. Hmm, so, obama does this mean you'll stop the 'demands'
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (08.25.13)
that Israel not continue to build in her own land on the land you call 'Settlements'? Allies SHOULD be united.. of course, obama is the first Kenyan born Muslim ever to be a US President, his first preference is anything Muslim at the expense of our greatest ally, israel. KEEP BUILDING BABY !!!!
11. Iron Dome due for a real testing?
Cameron ,   USA   (08.25.13)
Well good, let all share in the risk & burden of this potential move. Only right.
12. Iran?
SE ,   USA   (08.25.13)
If Syria start an attack, Hezbollah will probably join the fracas. One has to wonder if Israel is attacked then that might be the same time to take care of the Iranian nuclear problem.
13. Nonsensical article
Tom W ,   USA   (08.25.13)
1. The U.S. public opinion is against any type of military intervention at anyplace. 2. "O" is is in fact an unsophisticated street agitator who doesn't dare to challenge Putin. He know well that he can only fool his American "Low Information Voters" (trade word) but on the international theater he is a light weight no-person. 3. Nothing will happen. Assad will prevail and the Russians own the day. 4. Israel would stay quiet. while waiting for instructions from the "O"'s wizards which will pushing for surrender.
14. #8 Chanel
Madeleine ,   Israel   (08.25.13)
Put it another way: if Assad starts sendingthings our way, what would you rather: that the IDF retaliate with all its force, or to pore over your books and pray? The old expression "god helps those who helps themselves" would be very apt in thissituation, don't you think. If you think mass prayers and sstudy with no action are going to repel the enemy, then I suggest you think again.
15. Nr 13.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (08.25.13)
1.Public opinion does not prevail against US National interessts, as the US President sees it. 2.Putin can not prevail against US/Nato Military Might. 3.Assad will fall because the Saudis/Sunnis will not sit idle. 4.Israel will never surender. Arn.Sweden.
16. Madeleine, I agree.....
Chanel ,   Eretz Yisrael   (08.25.13)
Of course there is a time for weapons and war. In fact the Torah teaches us this. But the Torah also teaches what unfortunately has happened when the use of those weapons is based on a belief in the strength of the weapons and the soldiers themselves and disregards the true Source of that power. Shanah Tova!
17. If the US and UK attack...
Israeli ,   Haifa   (08.25.13)
It would help us an awful lot if they would hit hard enough that Assad won't have the strength to hit Israel. But, I doubt they will.
18. A side show
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (08.25.13)
In Syria, Assad, the Alawi, Shia and Christians are fighting for their lives against Obama and Saudi sponsored genocide. Assad and his people will fight to the last bullet because no treaty will protect them from the Sunni. Assad will attack Israel only if it will destabilize the Sunni states. But in any case, Syria is a side-show to the Persian Gulf and Orthodox Europe. While Obama wastes his time in Syria, Iran is working on nukes. Once they have nukes, a Shi'ite rebellion in Saudi Arabia and resulting defeat of America is a given. And what will Cyprus, Greece and Bulgaria do? Their brothers massacred by the same people who they feel are flooding their country, supported by Obama with only Russia trying to help.
19. Hezbollah will be victorius once again!
WAS ,   UK   (08.25.13)
Hezbollah will defeat the IDF just as it defeated you in 2006. Get ready to lose large chunks of the northern occupied Galilee region.
20. #15. Arn. Lower your thermostate
Tom W ,   USA   (08.25.13)
1. The NATO military might is useless facing the Russo-Chinese axis.The E.U. will be frozen if Putin shut off the gas valves in January. They can only bomb weak, defenseless countries like Libya. Iran is a no go. Egypt owns the Canal. 2. Germany will never turn against Russia aggressively, Merkel stays clear of all military adventurism. 3.Israel is currently discussing the modalities of surrender in compliance with "O" orders.
21. We must keep out
American Hindu ,   USA   (08.25.13)
It is a problem the 22 Arab nations and 50 Islamic nations have to solve. It is not a matter for the United States, Israel, or Western Europe.
22. Moron WAS #19
X'   (08.25.13)
Wishful thinking wet dream on your part. It's much more likely that Israel will be hit hard but Syria, Lebanon and Iran will be flat, black, lifeless and glowing in the dark for the next 10,000 years.
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