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2018-02-11 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Riding high after IS defeat, Iranian axis tries its luck with Israel, US

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 ...I have read from a couple other sources that the Iranian plan was to get video of an Israeli military base or even Jerusalem itself. They have some anniversary of one sort or another coming up, and the idea was they were going to run this footage to show how invincible the HezIranians were. Didn't quite work, obviously.

The frantic celebrations over the loss of a single IAF bird don't surprise me, because I suspect they've been told that the IAF lost a LOT more and have been almost destroyed. They, like the Luftwaffe of seventy-eight years ago, will be so very unpleasantly surprised when 'the last fifty planes' keep coming at them.

(During the SCUD attacks on Israel during Desert Storm, the 'Palestinians' swore - and still do - that one SCUD took out two or more 747s on the ramp at Ben Gurion Airport filled with Soviet Jewish refugees. One SCUD actually landed IN 'Palestinian' territory, and that was explained as IAF or USAF - depending on who was telling the story - aircraft bombing them instead.)

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-02-11 07:13|| 2018-02-11 07:13|| Front Page Top

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