T. Belman. Russia seems to be holding in abeyance the 150,000 Russian troops it announced it was sending. Russia and Iran are obviously determined to win the stalemated war.
Obama together with Saudi Arabia built up ISIS while pretending to fight them. Now Russia is leading the coalition of Iran, China, Iraq and SYria to drive ISIS back at least to the point where ISIS will loose its oil holdings in Raqqa, Syria and Mosul, Iraq.
Israel and Iran engaged in a duel of messages on Wednesday and Thursday (October 14-15), with Russia standing behind Iran.
Israeli military and intelligence sources were uncharacteristically forthcoming when they revealed on Thursday, Oct. 15, that 3,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops had secretly landed in Syria. This was the largest Iranian ground force ever to set foot in Syria.
Until now, Israel had kept under close wraps any intelligence obtained about the movement of the Iranian forces. However, in consideration of the large number of troops, the continuation of the Russian and Iranian airlifts of forces to Syria, and the possibility that the Iranian troops could be deployed on the Syrian side of the Golan, Israeli leaders decided to go public in this latest development.
This is because of their grave concern that Iran may take advantage of the IDF’s transfer of forces from its northern borders to the domestic fronts for quelling the current outbreak of Palestinian terrorist violence, to go for territorial gains on the Golan and the Israel-Lebanon border.
The IDF released information Wednesday night that it had sent drone and intelligence gathering units from the Northern Command to the center of the country to deal with the Palestinian terror.
The intelligence-gathering units are relatively new, attached recently to field brigades and divisions for supplying data gained by observation posts, forays behind enemy lines and questioning captured prisoners. The transfer of these units to the center of the country presents the IDF with difficulties on other fronts and may leave the military with no option but to start calling up army reserves very soon, if the wave of terror does not end.
Fearing the IDF may strike its forces in Syria, Tehran sent Jerusalem a deterrent message: the revelation of its underground tunnel networks for launching and storing ballistic missiles.
The missiles were shown loaded on dozens of giant trucks with team standing ready for launching, to show Israel that all his ready for immediate action, including war.
Revolutionary Guards chiefs were shown on Iran’s state TV inspecting the tunnels and the missiles and trampling contemptuously on US and Israeli flags.
The previous day, Iran announced that its forces had conducted a test of the new “Emad” long-range ballistic missile, without specifying the weapon’s range or the date and location of the launch.
In Washington, the Obama administration’s response to these messages was low-key, describing the ballistic missiles as a certain violation of the UN arms embargo against Iran.
In another military development connected to the Golan, US defense sources revealed Wednesday night that that Russia had airlifted to Syria Cuban army units to fight alongside the army of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The sources said they were members of Cuban armored corps units who would drive Syrian tanks, adding that the Cuban chief of staff, Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias, arrived in Syria with the troops.
DEBKAfile’s sources: The arrival of the Cuban forces broadens the Russian war effort.
The fact that Cuban troops will man Syrian tanks attacking rebel groups represents a dramatic achievement for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proxy war in Syria.
They are not in the Middle East for the first time. In 1974, the USSR flew two Cuban tank brigades to Syria and placed them opposite IDF positions on Mt. Hermon and other parts of the Golan. From February to May, the IDF traded heavy artillery fire with the Cubans, accompanied by dogfights between Israeli and Syrian warplanes. This war, conducted on the Syrian side by Russian officers, ended on May 31,1974 with the signing of a separation of forces agreement between Israel and Syria.
In addition to demonstrating Russia’s strategy of establishing an international military coalition to support President Assad, the deployment of Cuban troops serves as a clear hands-off signal to Israel.
The ultimate rhetorical question.
Netanyahu is not catalytic; he is reactive.
He doesn’t make things happen.
Things happen and then he responds haplessly.
Think of Steve Martin in “The Jerk”.
It would be very bad if Israel allows control over lebanon to russia…. but what if lebanon officially invites them as did syria. does BB have a plan B or like everything else does Israel simply accommodate to accepting the new facts on the ground
The problem is that they are murderous anti-Semitic sewage. Yet they are a means to an end. Israel must become independent from America, and that freedom can be achieved by developing exports which the anti-Semites crave. It is also satisfying to seeing Jew haters feel compelled to underwrite Jewish self-defense. Hope it torments them.
Bert Said:
Wow! Exactly what options are they blocking off? I’m not suggesting they are not, but how does the presence of Iranian or Cuban troops cut off Israel’s options? Israel has faced Cuban troops in Syria before. It has also engaged in air combat with Russian pilots during the War of Attrition. I don’t know if Russia wants to tangle with the IAF, although it might, at some point, want to test it’s latest generation fighters against Israel’s aging F-15s and F-16s. The biggest threat might be something raised in a recent article by the great blogger J.E. Dyer, who suggests that the Russian presence in Syria and Iraq might mean that Russia would have great radar surveillance of Israel’s attack routes to Iran, thus implementing a Russian veto over any Israeli attack of Iranian nuclear sites. I don’t know exactly how the death of Rabbi Kahane would have prevented any of this. Would he have risen to such prominence and influence that he would have influenced Israeli policy to such an extent that he could change the outcome in Syria? What were the mistakes that he might have corrected? Could he have influenced the outcome of the Iranian nuclear deal or prevented the election of Barack Obama? Please enlighten.babushka Said:
This would be a joint deal involving the U.S., and in fact, the U.S. would likely be the main provider, although Israel could benefit handsomely from money received for the technology and hardware. This is not likely be a two-way deal between Israel and Bahrain, for example, but a three-way deal involving the U.S. Still, it could be a boon for Israel in terms of cash and maybe some gains diplomatically by winning friendships in the Arab world. More importantly, I’m getting more concerned by the sabre-rattling by the Iranians and I hope Israel’s missile defense is up to snuff, including all the components, such as the Arrow systems and David’s Sling. Iron Dome was effective against relatively crude unguided rockets; how would it be against more sophisticated missiles with higher technology guidance? Iran is not a slouch technologically? Where did I hear this, during a speech a few years ago by the very distinguished retired general and top logistician, Amos Horev, also a past president of the Technion.
Bert Said:
Wow! Exactly what options are they blocking off? I’m not suggesting they are not, but how does the presence of Iranian or Cuban troops cut off Israel’s options? Israel has faced Cuban troops in Syria before. It has also engaged in air combat with Russian pilots during the War of Attrition. I don’t know if Russia wants to tangle with the IAF, although it might, at some point, want to test it’s latest generation fighters against Israel’s aging F-15s and F-16s. The biggest threat might be something raised in a recent article by the great blogger J.E. Dyer, who suggests that the Russian presence in Syria and Iraq might mean that Russia would have great radar surveillance of Israel’s attack routes to Iran, thus implementing a Russian veto over any Israeli attack of Iranian nuclear sites. I don’t know exactly how the death of Rabbi Kahane would have prevented any of this. Would he have risen to such prominence and influence that he would have influenced Israeli policy to such an extent that he could change the outcome in Syria? What were the mistakes that he might have corrected? Could he have influenced the outcome of the Iranian nuclear deal or prevented the election of Barack Obama? Please enlighten.
@ babushka:
The problem is, once they get what they want they turn against us. They bite the hand who feeds them. Being ungrateful is one of their characteristics.
Some of Israel’s enemies are begging Israel for help:
When Jews have what the world desperately needs, even the anti-Semites come begging. Israeli autonomy is essential, and can be achieved through energy development combined with superior technology.
Israel’s enemies are cleverly outmaneuvering Israel by blocking Israeli options. Israel can buy a little bit of quiet at the cost of watching its enemies cut off its survival options. Catastrophic mistakes by Israel years ago have contributed to this critical danger today. One of those mistakes was to ignore and persecute Rabbi Meir Kahane.
The Cubans suffering hunger and basic needs and the bastard can afford to send troops to fight. Unbelievable.
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Castro’s grandfather was a Jew from Turkey.
The Iranians!
The Cubans!!
The Obama Coalition!!!