A little over a week ago, Israeli warplanes entered Syria's air space and fired inside Syria. Syria said it will respond in due time.

No official reason was given for the attack, but there were many "leaks", some saying they attacked a weapons shipment destined to Hizbullah, others say it was "suspected" nuclear shipment from North Korea....

Here is another version:

Israel says deterrent ability recovered after Syria strike


As soon as the war ended last year, I said Israel will seek a new conflict to restore its credibilty as the myth of the Israeli army was destroyed.

It seems I was correct. I should call myself "Prophet" 

Seriously, where is the outrage by the UN (where Syria has protested the incident), and would Syria be justified in leveling North Israel as a result of Israel crossing its borders?

Within a year, two cross-border operations took place in the area.

Interesting to see the reaction of the International community to both operations, eh?

Do you have a source? Because as I recall, I first heard of it from the Syrian national news agency SANA as soon as it happened, which doesn't broadcast anything unless approved by the regime

Israel feels like she is SURROUNDED by endless threats. She could probably justify an attack with little actual prrof because the US and UN will eat up anything they give us.


Pride.

It may not have been nuclear, but the target was probably well defended and I don't think Syria would want to admit how completely useless these defenses were to the IAF.


Clearly.

All this while several Arab countries were brokering peace?

This should blow up in Israel's face... but it never does. They'll walk away looking like the victim while the Arabs remain the violent agressors they "are".

:rolling eyes:

Well, forgive me for not jumping on the "Israel is wrong" bandwagon before anyone knows all the facts.


I guess my intention was this attack doesn't help with current stability, however, if what like you said is the case and it is nukes that were at risk of moving into proximity of Israel's border, then I agree with your assessement.

And IF NK was the source of the material...that opens a new can of worms right there and bolsters an argument of not allowing Iran...a much closer ally to Syria in many ways...to go nuclear.

Could be Israel doesn't want Syria to know what techniques and intelligence capabilities she has.

legitimate government would never do that

I don't know what to make of the attack.  First, I think pre-emptive strikes in this part of the world are incredibly dangerous.  They aren't wise anywhere, but the Middle East is a powder-keg just waiting to go off.  To me, without concrete proof, it is just a bad idea.  I gave the US government the benefit of the doubt with Iraq, and it appears that they were totally mistaken.  After that, I have a hard time of just "trusting" the official story.

However, the difficulty of defending oneself from terrorist attacks makes pre-emptive strikes a more enticing prospect.  If you can knock out weapons before they are disseminated to Hezbollah or Hamas - that will undoubtedly save you blood in the future.  The point about not giving up you intelligence secrets cannot be dismissed.  It is highly likely that they have an informant.  Even the smallest bit of info could blow the cover of someone who may have a huge amount of knowledge, or someone that Israel has spent years getting in place. 

They may have also broken some sort of cipher.  This is usually protected at all costs as it is an enormous intelligence advantage if you can listen to conversations going on between people who think they are speaking securely.  Coming out with information that is detailed and accurate can give clues to the enemy about what you know - always a big no-no in the intelligence world.

I agree, a green light to do whatever it choses is not something that Israel should have.  At the same time however, they should not be held to any higher standard than their neighbors.


This, I disagree with - not in priniciple, but in practice.  Yes, in a perfect situation, the world does have a right to know.  But the stakes are far higher for Israel than, say, Belgium, or Hondorus.  If Syria has those weapons (something I am not convinced of), then the nation with the most to lose is Israel.  I think they are just being prudent by safeguarding their sources, methods, and information.  I would LIKE to know what Israel knows, but I don't think they have the duty to tell us if it risks their information gathering capabilities.


I wonder if perhaps at a high level this information was shared with other nations?  I mean, I have heard very little from Europe condemning the attack and they are usually first to voice their displeasure.  Maybe they have protested, but I haven't heard it.  If they are keeping quiet, it may be a sign that their intelligence services have been convinced that Israel acted responisbly.  Again, I'm not saying this is the case, just throwing it out there.  Who knows, maybe it was a French, British, or German intelligence find........