Saturday, July 15, 2006
WAR METER INCHES UP
I'm upping the war-meter to a considerably higher level this morning, based on this news item at Drudge, to the effect that
Israel gave Damascus 72 hours to stop Hizbullah’s activity along the
Lebanon-Israel border and bring about the release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers or it would launch an offensive with disastrous consequences.
The original source is a crappy London-based arabic newspaper. Until confirmed by better sources, I consider this only rumor, but a very dangerous one. If true, it marks a significant step toward all-out war. Syria and its puppet-master, Iran, can't back down in the way called for in this purported ultimatum. This would mean that Israel would have to follow through with massive attacks at least along the Lebanon-Syria border, which would run the very significant risk of bringing Syria in, which would trigger Iran's security guarantee. At that point, Tehran would have to put up or shut up.
UPDATE: By the end of the day, Drudge seems to have dropped the story and no one else has picked it up, so it's probably not true.
Of course, the Euro-left has made its position completely clear, siding with the terrorists. The Beeb's headline this morning: "Israel Kills Lebanese Civilians." They really do make me want to puke.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 10:24 AM
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