15 posts tagged “syria”
Read Caroline Glick on the UNBELIEVABLE APPEASEMENT of the EU to give everything to Islamofascist Iran and Syria as a dhimmi bribe. In return both Iran and Syria slaps the EU in the face (and by association also the U.N. Security Council) by saying NO when they offered even the kitchen sink.
Here is another Mainstream Media (MSM) failure: Hezbollah is arming missile war heads with chemical weapons.
Israel ended the invasion of Lebanon because the United Nations promised a security force that would stand between Syria and Hezbollah. The U.N. organization so called is the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). UNIFIL is so worthless that it does not even attempt to stop the flow of arms from Syria to Hezbollah and yet is quick to point out any potential violations of Israel’s agreement to cease hostility inside Lebanon aimed at Syria and Iran’s client terrorist organization known as Hezbollah.
Now with speculation that Israel (and some hint America) may operate a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear capabilities we read that Hezbollah is arming their missiles with Chemical WMD.
The United Nations is a piece of irresponsible dung and UNIFIL is the dung client doing the dhimmi wishes of radical Islam which is determined to wipe Israel off the map.
JRH 7/16/08
Ted Bellman believes a peace deal has been made between Israel and Syria.
Apparently Israel has working behind closed doors under Turkish mediation to cut yet another land for peace scheme with Syria. Bellman suspects there is a relationship with Egypt mediated truce between Israel and Hamas.
It all boils down to the apparent success of convincing Arabs and Sunni minded Turks that Shi’ite Iran has become so much of a threat to the ruling Sunni Elites of the Middle East, that they are willing to make serious deals to legitimize Israel in order to focus on Iran.
It would be a huge coup to get Syria on board with the other Arab nations and Turkey and out of the Iranian orbit.
The thing is I do not trust it. Assad of Syria has signed military pacts with Iran. Syria and Iran has been a conduit to provide sophisticated weaponry to Shi’ite Hezbollah of Lebanon to the detriment of Sunni Muslims and Christian Arabs of the same nation. Since Hezbollah is a puppet of Iran with a goal to eradicate Israel, there is an essence of treachery in the air.
Another thing to consider is that the population of Syria is a majority Sunni Muslim nation; however the ruling elites are Alawites more akin to Shia than Sunni. The only thing that Shia and Sunni really have in common is the radical Islamic element hating Israel and America.
I personally have the opinion the Alawite elites of Syria are practicing Taqiyya with the Sunni Arabs and Israel in a Machiavellian move to strategically upgrade military positioning on Israel and the weak official Lebanonese government. This will enable a Hezbollah coup in which the Shi’ites become the dictatorial rulers of Lebanon while Syria will be in a position to enhance Hezbollah and confront Israel if the Israeli government discovers there deluded mistake of land for peace.
The Egyptian brokered peace between Israel and Hamas is also a probable Taqiyya situation in which the irony of Sunni Hamas receiving military weaponry and training from Shi’ite Iran.
So here is the land for peace picture I see developing under the noses of Israel, America and Sunni Arabs concerned about Iran: A Hezbollah dominated rule over Lebanon north of Israel; a constantly hostile Syria (supported by Iran) northeast of Israel in which if the Golan Heights are returned, a strategic highway for an invading Syria; and an Iranian armed Hamas and Islamic Jihad (not to mention an al-Qaeda and Iranian Revolutionary Guard presence) south of Israel. Add to this: I have suspicions about Egypt’s loyalty to America and Israel. There is such a virulent radical Islamic hatred by the Egyptian populace of Israel I suspect Mubarak might weigh his options to enter an Israeli invasion. Mubarak would re-establish a connection with the huge radical element of his citizens, Egypt (if successful) would be an Arab Sunni hegemon of the Levant to the exclusion of the designs of Shi’ite Iran and a victory would make Mubarak the 21st century Saladin expelling the kafir from Dar al-Islam as the Egyptian (Kurdish Muslim actually) Saladin expelled the Crusaders from much of the Levant.
Yes, I smell geopolitical Taqiyya among Mohammedans in the Middle East that is not good for the global economy and not good for Israeli Jews.
If the American Leftists have delusions of transforming America into a Secular Humanist Theocrat Utopia in Liberty and Freedom is defined by Secular Humanism and Politically Correct non-offensive group diversity, the Leftists in Israel are delusional self-destructive land-for-peace morons that handing Jews over to the next genocide.
JRH 5/27/08 (Hat tip to ICJS Research)
I wonder if Judas Iscariot is part of the bloodline of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel.
The man gave up Gaza and Israel is the recipient of constant missile attacks from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Under Bush Administration coaching Olmert has already forced Jews from Israelis call Judea and Samaria, and America calls the West Bank. Olmert is committed to establishing a Palestinian State of murderers and thugs which have the soul aim of eradicating Israel and committing another Jewish genocide.
Now Olmert is preparing to negotiate with Syria to give the central strategic defensive area of the Golan Heights back to Syria (which Syria lost after invading Israel).
While all this is going on Olmert has been under investigation or accusation of multiple illegal scandals. If Olmert were an American President he would have been impeached long ago. I find it unbelievable the Israeli Knesset has not produced a NO CONFIDENCE vote in their Parliamentary system!
America fighting the Global War on Terror watches as anti-Hezbollah forces valiantly refuse to lie down.
The United Nations (the global joke on standing for peace and human rights) which has U.N. Peace Keeping Forces in Southern Lebanon watch as anti-Hezbollah forces valiantly refuse to lie down.
European Powers (France, Germany, Britain and EU) look the other way as anti-Hezbollah forces refuse to lie down.
Walid Phares equates the anti-Hezbollah forces to the Spartans legendary 300 that held Thermopylae against the invading superior military Persians long enough for the then usually internally fractured Greeks to come together to defeat Persia: The very Persia that calls itself today Iran.
JRH 5/13/08
Krauthammer on the enigmatic Israeli air strike on something or some place in Syria: he believes it may portend ominous military confrontations in the future of the Middle East.
There is no doubt that the Middle East is becoming more and more complex in the interaction of the nations and their agendas in the region.
Who is aligned with whom? Does Israel have any friendly Arab nations that will fight on its side? Since the Palestinian-Arab people are apparently divided between Hamas and the Palestine Authority, will the PA become an ally of Israel to squash Hamastan? Will Israel attack Syria? Will Syria attack Israel? Will Hezbollah attack Israel at the bequest of Iran? Will Shi’ite Hezbollah team up with Sunni Hamas (add a smidgeon of the Syrian military into the mix) in a two front assault on Israel with Iran waiting in the background to decide whether or not to become personally involved in such a fracas? Will Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel team up to confront Iranian aspirations to be the hegemon of the Middle East? Will America abandon the Middle East (and its Western Democratic ally Israel) to allow the nations to duke it out and enter a weakened battle weary area to indulge on perceived (depending who runs the White House) National Interests? OR will the dang Middle Eastern erupt into global war because of outside National Interests such as Russia, China, Japan, India, America and the EU? AND if a global war erupts who will side with whom?
Yeah man this is what I am talking about: Wars and Rumors of Wars. I did not even mention transnational Islamist multiple terrorist organizations which are more numerous than just al Qaeda.
Here is what got me thinking on this geopolitical lava dome ever growing until some kind of pressurized explosion occurs: Guy Bechor writing for the YnetNews.com Opinion section speculates that all these juicy arms deals to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel is a message that America will eventually pull out of the Middle Eastern region to allow those nations to deal with the nuke WMD aspirations of hegemonic hungry Iran.
Now think about that speculation! Saudi Arabia (Wahhabi Sunnis), Egypt (Muslim Brotherhood Sunnis) and Israel (secular and religious Jewish Zionists) as a Middle East team against radical Shi’ites managed by Iran (including a remarkable smattering Sunnis). Could the Saudi’s and Egypt cooperate militarily with Israel for a common goal of neutralizing an Iran ramping up to become armed with nuclear WMD?
The only thing I see is chaos!
Syria’s history of deception, making deals, breaking deals and aiding factions of terrorists and their enemies by constantly switching sides is the essence of Syria’s political nature. Assad will only keep a deal with Israel if there is a perceived huge benefit that will not hinder Syrian National Interests. Incidentally Syrian National Interests is more about money to be made for the Assad dynasty than any official political ideology or Islamist politico-theology publicly endorsed (or repudiated depending on the money).
Olmert is insane to deal unless he has a plan to offset Syrian duplicity. Olmert’s history does not suggest he is smart enough to have such a plan of action.
Israeli daily: Olmert willing to withdraw from Golan Heights
Olmert to Assad: Israel willing to pay "price of peace"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert recently relayed a secret message to Syrian President Bashar Assad saying Israel knows the price of peace and will be willing to pay it, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported today.
According to the report, Olmert told the Syrian leader that Israel would return the disputed Golan Heights in exchange for a comprehensive peace agreement and the severing of Damascus’ alliance with Iran and terror groups in the region.
The newspaper quoted a senior Israeli as saying that Assad has yet to respond to Israel’s offer.
The report alleged that US President George Bush gave Olmert the green light for negotiations with Syria in an hour-long phone conversation last month, and that the two leaders will further discuss the possibility of talks during their scheduled meeting at the White House on June 19.
A Syrian diplomat in London denied the report, saying that Damascus had not received any invitation from Israel to open negotiations, Israel Radio reported. (ICEJ email – 6/8/07)
This is a deal that the Israeli government has to know is insane! Olmert’s premiership absolutely needs to be terminated. Ironically the Assad government has publicly allowed plausible deniability for Olmert. Does “Land for Peace” sound like Olmert or not? Hello, Olmert’s Convergence plan: we pro-Israel people must be aware.
Mean while both Israel and Syria are overtly preparing for war.
Shi’ite Iran and Wahhabi Sunni Taliban have been fierce enemies in the past, so much so that Iran did not complain when America invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime and it Stateless ally al-Qaeda.
Apparently the deep hatred Sunni and Shi’ites have had for centuries has transformed by mutual hatred of the United States. There have been major indicators that Iran has been supplying weapons and supplies to the Taliban hiding in the Afghan mountains enabling them to be a continuous threat to the anti-Taliban government and American/coalition forces trying to secure Afghanistan.
So here is the picture: Iran says that Israel will soon be wiped off the map; Iran trains and supplies terrorists Hamas (Sunnis in the Gaza), Islamic Jihad (Shi’ites in Gaza) and Hezbollah (Shi’ites in Lebanon); Iran has made mutual defense pacts with Syria and Sudan; Iran has trained and anti-American militant Shi’ites in Iraq; Iran as stated above is aiding the Taliban AND I would say it is a pretty good guess that NOW Iran is aiding al-Qaeda in some form or fashion. This is a bleak picture for Middle Eastern peace particularly as it affects the National Interests of America and Israel.
I must note that these Sunni/Shi’ite alliances are tenable. There mutual hatred could blow up into a division followed by unification due to a perceived American threat. It is quite complicated on who are enemies and friends at any given moment. The only thing that seems to be linear is both Wahhabi and Shi’ite schools of thought desiring a return to medieval harsh Sharia Law, it is only the interpretation that separates the sects and an American ideology of democratic Liberty and an American military presence that unites them.
