The most important news story of the day has nothing to do with immigration, gun control or global warming. It is not the identity of the senator to be appointed in Massachusetts. Without a doubt, the most important story is the Israeli air attack on a military convoy at the border between Lebanon and Syria. Here is the way that YNET begins its coverage of the news:
"Israeli forces have attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight," foreign and Arab media sources alleged Wednesday, saying that 12 IAF jets breached Lebanon's airspace on Tuesday.
The US-based Al-Monitor website quoted Lebanese sources as saying the target was a weapons convoy traveling near Syria’s border with Lebanon. The report has not been corroborated by any Israeli source and the IDF refused to comment on the matter.
So we have an uncorroborated story of an Israeli air attack on a convoy. Let's clarify what that means. Simply put, it means that the Syrians are transferring some sort of weapons systems to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Were these chemical weapons? Were they heavy weapons like artillery or tanks? Were they weapons that were being shipped through Syria by the Iranians? We do not know. What we do know is that whatever the weapons were, there were of sufficient importance that the Israelis were prepared to launch an attack to destroy them before they could reach Hezbollah.
Let's be clear in the true meaning of this story. It is yet another indictment of the American policy of ignoring Syria and the fighting there for more than a year and a half. Obama and the State Department have opted to stick their heads in the sand (or somewhere else best left unsaid) rather than formulate a policy designed to get rid of Assad while keeping the jihadists out of Syria. Ridding Syria of Assad would have destroyed the alliance between Syria and Iran. It also would have cut off Hezbollah from its Iranian sponsor. In short, it would have been a major tactical and strategic victory for the USA in the area. By not acting, Obama and the Obamacrats have let things get to the point where once Assad falls, he will be replaced by a new regime that will be controlled by an affiliate of al Qaeda. In short, it is a total disaster.
"Israeli forces have attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight," foreign and Arab media sources alleged Wednesday, saying that 12 IAF jets breached Lebanon's airspace on Tuesday.
The US-based Al-Monitor website quoted Lebanese sources as saying the target was a weapons convoy traveling near Syria’s border with Lebanon. The report has not been corroborated by any Israeli source and the IDF refused to comment on the matter.
So we have an uncorroborated story of an Israeli air attack on a convoy. Let's clarify what that means. Simply put, it means that the Syrians are transferring some sort of weapons systems to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Were these chemical weapons? Were they heavy weapons like artillery or tanks? Were they weapons that were being shipped through Syria by the Iranians? We do not know. What we do know is that whatever the weapons were, there were of sufficient importance that the Israelis were prepared to launch an attack to destroy them before they could reach Hezbollah.
Let's be clear in the true meaning of this story. It is yet another indictment of the American policy of ignoring Syria and the fighting there for more than a year and a half. Obama and the State Department have opted to stick their heads in the sand (or somewhere else best left unsaid) rather than formulate a policy designed to get rid of Assad while keeping the jihadists out of Syria. Ridding Syria of Assad would have destroyed the alliance between Syria and Iran. It also would have cut off Hezbollah from its Iranian sponsor. In short, it would have been a major tactical and strategic victory for the USA in the area. By not acting, Obama and the Obamacrats have let things get to the point where once Assad falls, he will be replaced by a new regime that will be controlled by an affiliate of al Qaeda. In short, it is a total disaster.
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