Nice to see Israel striving for peace as always. Lebanon should just start shooting the planes down as they cross over the border.

There have been intelligence reports of Syria's chemical weapons on the move to that area. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Maybe in an effort to work towards peace, they should've waited until the chemical weapons were raining over their airspace?? /sarcasm

Striking another countries forces in a third country and getting away with it can only be done by Israel. Every other country would have to answer for an unprovoked act of war to the U.N., the USA, the EU and the NATO.. but not Israel.

Originally posted by Talliostro
Striking another countries forces in a third country and getting away with it can only be done by Israel. Every other country would have to answer for an unprovoked act of war to the U.N., the USA, the EU and the NATO.. but not Israel.

edit on 30/1/2013 by Talliostro because: (no reason given)

What I'm surprised about is that, if it was in Syria or Lebanon - why has the country in which the strike took place not retaliated? After all, it was an unauthorized incursion in another country's airspace.

Originally posted by micmerci
There have been intelligence reports of Syria's chemical weapons on the move to that area. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Maybe in an effort to work towards peace, they should've waited until the chemical weapons were raining over their airspace?? /sarcasm

Now, I'm not anti-Israel or anti-Islam or anti-anything. However, regardless of what the convoy was carrying - it could have been active nuclear weapons for all I care - I am very interested in the unauthorized incursion into another country's airspace.

Namely, if the air-strike took place in Lebanon/Syria, why has/did Lebanon/Syria not retaliated/retaliate with military action. It was an unauthorized incursion into their airspace - such incidents are normally met, first with a warning and then military action. How were the Israelis able to freely fly over another country's airspace without any resistance or whatnot?

Originally posted by micmerci
There have been intelligence reports of Syria's chemical weapons on the move to that area. Maybe that has something to do with it.

Maybe in an effort to work towards peace, they should've waited until the chemical weapons were raining over their airspace?? /sarcasm

Maybe this convoy was a decoy?

Maybe some of the chemical and biological weapons have been distributed among terrorist proxies?

We'll see...

The same reason Iran won't admit anything happened at their nuclear facility last week.
GUILT
To retaliate would acknowledge that it happened.
It happened because they were doing something illeagal.
To acknowledge it would require the cover up of what they were actually doing...wich is a lot harder than just ignoring the action and moving forward and try to get away with illegal activity in another way.

Its like a drug dealer going to the cops because the neighborhood watch stopped a deal from going down.

Originally posted by Talliostro
Striking another countries forces in a third country and getting away with it can only be done by Israel. Every other country would have to answer for an unprovoked act of war to the U.N., the USA, the EU and the NATO.. but not Israel.

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a terrorist state is above international law as it answer to no one.

the usa will make the un and other international institutions meaningless as usual.

the juvenile delinquent state does as it pleases as always, no surprise.

and americans will ask, why do they hate us so.

hope and the middle east are contradictions, the chaos will grow and fester.
israel is surrounding itself with failed states, and it's american and british allies are on the brink of bankruptcy.
the future will be interresting if nothing else.

in ten years, the world will remember sadam hussien, assad and arrafat as the good old days, when they still had someone to talk to.

Originally posted by buster2010
Nice to see Israel striving for peace as always. Lebanon should just start shooting the planes down as they cross over the border.

They have tried to fight off Israel many times. Lebanon is riding the edge
Of being labbled Terrorist nation which an attack on Israeli jets would guarantee.

There is no love for Israel anywhere in the middle east. If the US and Britain didnt back
Them we wouldnt be reading this thread.

Its a shame, they are a real hurdle in the way of peace all the while claiming
To be a peaceful democracy. There will be no middle ground with Israel. they
Will either destroy every other country in the ME or they will be destroyed themselves
They will never cooperate with anyone in the ME because they want to rule it all
..... For their own saftey of course. Israel doesnt care if millions die as long as they
Get everything they want with no compromise.

Well the story's taken a large turn:

"Syria Claims Israeli Jets Hit Military Facility"

Syrian state TV says Israel targeted military research centre, just hours after reports of an attack on an arms convoy emerge.

An Israeli airstrike has hit a military research centre north west of Damascus, the Syrian army has claimed.

In a statement carried by the state news agency, SANA, the Syrian army's general command said: "Israeli fighter jets violated our air space at dawn today and carried out a direct strike on a scientific research centre in charge of raising our level of resistance and self-defence."

The claims followed earlier reports that Israeli jets had hit a convoy allegedly carrying weapons to Lebanon's Hizbollah movement. According to Sky sources, the attack took place just inside Syria.

Sky's Middle East Correspondent Sam Kiley said: "We know from Sky sources that the Israelis have conducted an airstrike involving three sorties by 12 planes - a very heavy airstrike, a high level of intent - on the village of Nabi Chit, near the bigger Syrian town of Zabadani.

"It's inside Syrian territory, therefore representing a possible strategic escalation.

Well....

If this is true (i.e. Israel hitting a military research centre/hitting convoy on Syrian soil or both), then habitual rules of engagement, regardless of what is going on in Syria, would be to embark on some sort of punitive/retaliatory/revenge attack or whatnot. In other words, Syria would reply with a military response, no? However, as it seems that no civilians have been killed or whatnot, this would be far-fetched, no?

Originally posted by HomoSapiensSapiens

If this is true (i.e. Israel hitting a military research centre/hitting convoy on Syrian soil or both), then habitual rules of engagement, regards of what is going on in Syria, would be to embark on some sort of punitive/retaliatory/revenge attack or whatnot. In other words, Syria would reply with a military response, no? However, as it seems that no civilians have been killed or whatnot, this would be far-fetched, no?

edit on 1/30/2013 by HomoSapiensSapiens because: (no reason given)

Why would Syria commit suicide? Or Lebanon for that matter.

For all we know the US did it and is just blaming Israel because everyone already hates Israel anyways


When dangerous countries start getting weapons that are as disgusting as chemical weapons...we have to make sure those weapons don't get put to use.


It comes down to - someone had to do it and retaliation would be pointless.