"Violence flares up on Israeli-Lebanese border" Topic

Seems Hezbollah and their Iranian backers are getting pay back for the dead Hezbollah fighters and Iranian commanders – 2 Israeli soldiers and 1 Spanish peacekeeper have been killed and more Israelis wounded.

washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-and-lebanons-hezbollah-trade-fire-across-border-casualties-reported/2015/01/28/dd9a6b68-a6e0-11e4-a2b2-776095f393b2_story.html

That is one of the main stories CNN & FOX are talking about. With all that is going on in the area/region … I don't think Hezbollah and Iran want to give the IDF any reason to invade Syria. Which is unlikely, but who knows ?

Israel doesn't have the capability to invade Syria. We're talking about a large country of 22 million people. The terrain is far more treacherous than the Sinai in 1967, the IDF has downsized and the situation in Syria is chaotic.

I suspect a minor intervention in Lebanon is more likely. Though that didn't work out too well for the Israelis in 2006 and was quite a humiliation for Israel in terms of military performance and lack of goals achieved.

minor intervention

That is what I meant, a cross border raid. Not an outright invasion. But yes, the 2006 cross border op did not go as planned.

I think all parties will continue to do what they do well, and not let this escalate into a full-scale war as nobody is prepared for one.

Isreal will continue to bomb and hit targets with artillery;

Hezbollah will shoot rockets and try to kidnap IDF soldiers;

Iran and Syria will continue to arm Hezbollah and bomb soft targets elsewhere in the world.

Pretty much business as usual in the Middle East. Lets everyone claim "victory".

Syria will continue to arm Hezbollah and bomb soft targets elsewhere in the world.

I think the Syrians have their hands full right now to try any international shenanigans! :P

But I garee it's business as usual.

… it's business as usual.

Yep … and it goes on and on and on …