Netanyahu has decided to wag the dog!

[kpete]

Breaking: Israel Attacks Iran In Syria As It Prepares For War

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From Haaretz:

Explosions were reported south of Damascus on Tuesday, shortly after the Israeli army announced it believes Iran is planning to carry out an imminent strike from Syria. Reports in Syria said Israeli jets entered the country’s airspace.

The reports come on the heels of U.S. President Donald Trump’s dramatic withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Also Tuesday, the Israeli ordered communities in the northern Golan Heights, near the Israel-Syria border, to open shelters to the public after identifying “unusual movements” of Iranian forces in Syria, the military said in a statement.

The Israeli army believes Iran is making efforts to carry out an imminent retaliation against Israel. Intelligence officers and other specialized forces have been called up, though reserve combat units have not been drafted.

CNN reported that Pentagon officials are concerned about signs that Iran might be preparing a military strike against Israel from Syria.

Israeli military bases were preparing for a possible Iranian attack.

Israel believes Iran is determined to retaliate for the April 9 airstrike on Syria’s T4 airbase, which killed seven Iranian military advisers and members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Iran blames Israel for this attack.

The military said any Iranian strike against Israel will be met with a severe response, even as the working assumption is that Iran is has limited capabilities to engage in conflict with Israel.


https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-u-s-embassy-in-israel-issues-travel-warning-for-golan-heights-1.6071960

https://www.balloon-juice.com/2018/05/08/breaking-israel-attacks-iran-in-syria-as-it-prepares-for-war/

[eleny]

1. Oh Jesus

Here we go.

[rurallib]

3. Bolton and Pompeo must be orgasming right now

what a great day for them.

[eleny]

7. We'd better double down on November

This was all ratcheted up because they're scared shitless of being shut down after the election. This is their playbook for maintaining power. We get to "protect" Israel after Netanyahu sets the world on fire and the Syrian people get to be the battleground.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. You'd think these idiots would have figured it out by now.

Spending American lives and treasure in the Middle East is the fast way into the quagmire. There's a reason that Afghanistan is known as "the graveyard of empires", a term that also could be used to describe the Iraq mess.

[eleny]

9. Well, it worked for Dubya

They've got this playbook and ratty as it looks they've dragged it off the shelf and dusted it off for another go around.

[politicaljunkie41910]

4. Netanyahu, what a lying piecen of shit. Maybe if Israel had to finance it's own military defense

all by themselves, he wouldn't be so quick to go to war. The US could certainly use that $3.8B we give them each year on projects here at home. Right Donald?

[BigmanPigman]

6. Spot on!

[eleny]

10. +1!

[CanSocDem]

5. Good headline.Tells the story. (eom)

[Scurrilous]

8. LOL

Can these guys be more obvious?