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2006-07-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by tipper 2006-07-14 21:29|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pencil Neck better rethink his position. It would not take long to take his terrorist-supporting government out and into rubble. He feels his oats because both the US and Israel have been exercising restraint above and beyond the norm.

If he is stupid enough to provoke Israel, he just signed his death warrant.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-07-14 21:48|| 2006-07-14 21:48|| Front Page Top

#2 How does Iran propose getting to Israel? Overflying Iraq doesn't seem prudent at this juncture...

Posted by eLarson 2006-07-14 22:02|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-07-14 22:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Damascus is feeling more confident than it has for years with the United States bogged down in Iraq

Hmmmmmmm ....... I can't recall hearing about the US expending large numbers of Cruise missiles in Iran and Afghanistan. How many TLAM's do you figure it would take to reduce Syria's C&C infrastructure to rubble?

Posted by Lone Ranger 2006-07-14 22:06|| 2006-07-14 22:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Flying pigs are invisible to radar. Iran probably has a squadron or two of those. What they can attempt to do is airlift to Syria using commercial airliners pretending to be on regular passenger or freight routes to Damascus. It would take a while but it could be done. They wouldn't be able to move any heavy units this way but they could get leg infantry, ammunition, weapons, some small artillery, etc. over that way. Not much they could do in the way of airpower, though, without running a gauntlet.

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-07-14 22:07|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com] 2006-07-14 22:07|| Front Page Top

#5 anybody know where the IDF tank and infantry are? splendid forces that so far seem to be sitting this one out. I cannot imagine this being the case much longer!

Posted by Justrand 2006-07-14 22:35|| 2006-07-14 22:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Syria 'ready for anything'

They all say that, before the hammer drops.

Posted by Hupinetle Sninetle9012 2006-07-14 23:35|| 2006-07-14 23:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Assad... It must be a funny feeling knowing that one can count the rest of his life in days...

Posted by twobyfour 2006-07-14 23:56|| 2006-07-14 23:56|| Front Page Top

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