Tango01 | 28 May 2015 12:29 p.m. PST |
"For the past few months, there have been discussions (primarily in jest), that since summer was nearing, we would soon be engaged in another war. For most of us, this banter seemed like a joke. Suddenly, a short time ago, that "joke" became much more real. This evening our smartphones (and my son's Apple watch) were going off with notifications of "red alerts." Red alert sirens were sounded throughout the south of the country—including a city 30 miles south of Tel Aviv, where there were reports of explosions, indicating a rocket landed somewhere near Ashdod, Israel. It soon became clear that one rocket fired from Gaza City did land near Ashdod. After months of quiet, lasting from the end of last summer's war, a rocket unexpectedly landed inside Israel, far from the Gaza border…" Full article here link YouTube link The last thing that the residents of Gaza and Israel need right now is another war …. and I personally do not see such a conflict happening ….but with the entire Middle East on edge (and in war) …. anything is possible including another war between Hamas and Israel. Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 28 May 2015 2:06 p.m. PST |
Perhaps, though yesterday the money was on the Hezzies attacking this time. |
Aristonicus | 28 May 2015 2:15 p.m. PST |
Gee, I thought that the talk was of an Israeli-Hezbollah war this year? huffingtonpost.com/trita-parsi/iran-talks-israel-hezbollah_b_7451940.html There are signs Israel may be at war again this summer. This time, not with Hamas in Gaza but with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Such a war may be the result not only of spillover from the Syrian war or ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah tensions. The deciding factor may be an Israeli calculation that war will shift momentum in the U.S. Congress decisively against the pending nuclear deal with Iran -- a deal that critics say will increase Iran's maneuverability in the region, including its support for Hezbollah. |
cwlinsj | 28 May 2015 5:04 p.m. PST |
Why would there be a new war? Even the Arab-Isrealis need a reason to fight. Even if Hamas wanted a new war. Hamas needs years to rebuild their mitary infrastructure that was destroyed by Isreal in the last war. With Egypt hostile to them now, they have no access to weapons that were expended/destroyed in the fighting. Not that the Palestinian people would welcome any further fighting. |
Mako11 | 29 May 2015 12:02 a.m. PST |
Can't see an Iranian deal happening, since Iran won't permit any inspections, unless we totally capitulate on that point too (which is possible, I suspect). |
twawaddell | 29 May 2015 10:15 a.m. PST |
I don't know about a Hezbollah war. Hezbollah is hip deep in the Syrian mess and unlikely to want a two front struggle at this time. |
Lion in the Stars | 29 May 2015 7:02 p.m. PST |
I don't know about a Hezbollah war. Hezbollah is hip deep in the Syrian mess and unlikely to want a two front struggle at this time. On one hand, now would be a good time for Israel to attack. On the other, Hezbollah is shooting DAESHbags. I suspect that there is an unofficial and possibly even unspoken cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah as long as Hez is shooting DAESHbags. |
cwlinsj | 29 May 2015 7:22 p.m. PST |
Hamas doesnt have the means to fight right now. They arent looking for one until they can rearm. Hezbollah is too busy fighting ISIL. If they try to take-on Isreal, that new fight might weaken them to the point where ISIL will overwhelm them. Isreal wont kill them all, but ISIL would. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 29 May 2015 7:41 p.m. PST |
You are assuming that Hezbollah can control its forces. It only takes a few hotheads to launch a rocket. |
cwlinsj | 29 May 2015 9:04 p.m. PST |
Hezbollah maintains better discipline than Hamas. Besides, one or two or half-dozen rockets into Isreal wont cause an invasion, just retaliatory arty or airstrikes. And with the introduction of Iron Dome, Isreal can de-escalate their responses by intercepting rockets in mid air. |
Bangorstu | 30 May 2015 2:50 a.m. PST |
Whatever you say about Hezbollah, they show better discipline than many regular armies. If they fire a rocket at you, be sure the high command mean that rocket to be fired. |
zippyfusenet | 30 May 2015 6:19 a.m. PST |
Hamas, Sunni Muslim Brotherhood militants who for pragmatic reasons are allied with Iran and their World Shia Front, now face an ISIS insurgency in Gaza that is trying to outflank them on the right, as 'more orthodoxly Islamic than thou': link ISIS may have shot the most recent rocket at Ashdod, although Hamas took credit for it as a 'training accident'. ISIS might in future act against Hamas' wishes to provoke another war with Israel on the Gaza front. You really need a scorecard. But does keeping track even matter that much? Whomever the enemy of the enemy of my enemy is, I still have no friends in sight. Tactically, there is a window of opportunity for Israel to strike the Hezbos while they are distracted, off-balance and over-committed in other theaters. But strategically, it would be better to let the Hezbos and ISIS continue to kill one another, at no cost to Israel. "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - N. Bonaparte |
Bangorstu | 30 May 2015 7:45 a.m. PST |
You think fighting ISIS is a mistake? |
zippyfusenet | 30 May 2015 7:57 a.m. PST |
How did you reach that conclusion? |
Great War Ace | 30 May 2015 9:24 a.m. PST |
Islamic infighting is a mistake for Islam. But let them have at it…. |
Bangorstu | 30 May 2015 10:14 a.m. PST |
Zippy – from your Napoleonic quote… |