Destination: Syria
Incidentally, we don't see how Israel can avoid military strikes against Syria. If Hamas's actions were enough to justify the IDF buzzing Assad's house... look, the Hezbollah rockets used in this morning's attack are either Syrian in origin or came from Iran through Syrian lands with Syrian blessing. We're not sure if the actual return address for this particular attack is in Damascus or Tehran, but does anyone believe that Syrian military intelligence is innocent in this outrage? And if you are for some reason that naive, it still doesn't matter - because the Israeli military is not, and it's beyond certain that they are well convinced on this point.
UPDATE: And right one cue, via Walla (Hebrew): Imad Shuabi, head of Syrian Strategic Research said: "Today is a day in which every Arab wakes up in the morning and feels lost respect returning to him". Is it possible that Syria doesn't know that several of their military installations are hours away from being leveled?
UPDATE 2: We refuse to claim any kind of special insight from blogging the prediction that Israel is going to hold Syria responsible. We're just the ones who are awake right now. For what it's worth though, the obvious sometimes turns out to actually be true (Walla, Hebrew):
Syria has proven during the latest period that its government is terrorist in character - a government that supports terror - a government that strengthens terror - a government that supports the murderousness of terror forces that are inside of Syria. We have all along said that we will not be blackmailed and we will not negotiate with terrorists about anything related to the lives of the Israeli soldiers.This was true yesterday and it is true today
UPDATE: And right one cue, via Walla (Hebrew): Imad Shuabi, head of Syrian Strategic Research said: "Today is a day in which every Arab wakes up in the morning and feels lost respect returning to him". Is it possible that Syria doesn't know that several of their military installations are hours away from being leveled?
UPDATE 2: We refuse to claim any kind of special insight from blogging the prediction that Israel is going to hold Syria responsible. We're just the ones who are awake right now. For what it's worth though, the obvious sometimes turns out to actually be true (Walla, Hebrew):
Syria has proven during the latest period that its government is terrorist in character - a government that supports terror - a government that strengthens terror - a government that supports the murderousness of terror forces that are inside of Syria. We have all along said that we will not be blackmailed and we will not negotiate with terrorists about anything related to the lives of the Israeli soldiers.This was true yesterday and it is true today
