Western strike on Syrian chemical sites isolates Israel against Iranian-Russian axis
The US-allied strikes in Syria have heightened Israel’s apprehension about being left alone to face a possible Iranian reprisal for the T-4 strike. That Israel’s forces are on higher alert than ever on its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon – days before its independence anniversary celebrations – is a measure of this apprehension. The US, British and French surgical missile strikes on three Syrian chemical sites on Saturday, April 14, it was realized in Jerusalem, not only missed addressing Israel’s security concerns, but exacerbated them.
Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, Iran’s Middle East commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah had every reason to breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the Trump administration’s assurance that further military action would be forthcoming only if Assad repeated his use of chemical weapons after the Douma atrocity. After an anxious couple of weeks, all three saw they were off the hook for further US military action, whether against regime targets in Damascus, Iranian, Shiite and Hizballah forces in Syria – or even acts of aggression against Israel.
Nasrallah was the first to openly rejoice. On Sunday, he put the new situation in a nutshell: “Western strikes on Syria had failed to terrorize the army, help insurgents or even serve Israel’s interests.”
His assessment was confirmed by the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, in a Fox TV Sunday interview: Asked when US troops would be pulled out of Syria as President Donald Trump had promised, she outlined the administration’s three goals before this drawdown: a total end of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian war; complete defeat and destruction of the Islamic State; but on the third goal, the ambassador’s otherwise crisp delivery turned vague: She said: “And he wanted to make sure that we had good grounds to watch what Iran was doing and they were weren’t making a lot of aggressive headway in terms of that, because Iran is a national threat to American interests.” Not a word did Haley have to say on the threat posed by Iran’s military presence in Syria, although that is of the greatest concern to Israel’s security.
Therefore, when President Trump said he would leave Syria “to others,” he apparently included Israel (and Jordan), who would be left to face up to the threats posed to their borders on their own. Jordan’s King Abdullah will soon make tracks to Damascus and seek security guarantees from Assad, rather than facing a fight to defend his border, Israel however is left with diminished US support in Syria, whereas Iran and its minions, can count on ramped up Russian backing.
The Trump administration’s decision to impose fresh sanctions on Russian entities mixed up in supplying Syria with materials for manufacturing chemical weapons, moved the conflict into economic channels. This will have the effect of tightening the collaboration between Moscow and Tehran and give them greater incentive for sanctions-busting.
Already, deepening Russian-Iranian collaboration in Syria is giving Israeli leaders sleepless nights. Iranian, Syrian and Hizballah officers work together in the field, share bases and coordinate their operations. And now, Tehran has just given Moscow permission to position Russian heavy strategic Tu-95 and Tu-22M bombers for operations in Syria at the Artesh’s Shahid Nojeh Air Base in the western Iranian province of Hamedan. Israel has yet to discover how Moscow is compensating Tehran for this advantage. Clearly, Iran will have exacted payment in military coin to serve its well-known goals.
Speculation:
Hamas/Iran attack Israel with chemical weapons on May 14th.
Israel responds by destroying Damascus.
that’s correct pure speculation..
Destroy Damascus? You guys cannot even enter Syria and very soon Lebanon.
On the ground you would be defeated for sure.
Make peace now
Muslims can’t even get along with Muslims, see Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Algeria, Morocco, Fascist Iran, so how can anyone expect, claim, that Muslims can get along with Infidels.
Make peace among Musims now. Then make peace with Infidels.
Damascus is already 90% destroyed.
Agree. Syria is just on life support now.
Damascus will be destroyed. Sooner or later. As God said it will be destroyed. Never to be lived in again.
And I will exile you beyond Damascus, said He Whose Name is the Lord God of Hosts.
Damascus preceded Jerusalem in importance historically in the past and it is so today . With Christian sites and many areas important to Christianity both Catholic and Visantian , such as Palmira , the importance of Syria as a civilization is far ahead of that of Israel , that cannot find its place on a map and not even being recognized by anyone in the Middle east. Peace is recognition , and Israel has never had peace.
Sovereignty: holding your territory and asserting your dominion, is far more important than the fleeting notion of “Peace”. Israel has been sovereign for 70 years.
What you type and think is about as valuable as a warm bucket of piss.
of course my comment is for Solomeo or whatever it calls itself.
How many of those sites survived the barrage of history erasing ISIS scum?
Israel should then respond by turning the Axis into glass.
Israel should never worry. God himself will defend her. Read Ezekiel. God bless Israel.
That is a very good possibility and would fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 17. This in turn could lead to another prophecy, Ezekiel 38. This prophecy describes an all-out attack on Israel by countries from the North, namely Russia, Iran, and Turkey.
mika brezinski still dreams of her lover “zib”, the creator of US policy to support terrorists all over the world, it started with pol pot and then taliban, al queda, and Isis. What a man, what a man!
Why would they do that ? Your the fcucking aggressors all day long and long….we know you are planning another false flag ….this time no prisoners taken…
This will lead to Israel’s annihilation. It’s biggest holocaust ever in all its history. Only few will survive what is due. This is God’s way of clearing the promised land for rest of the survivors of the world… Clearly it is impossible for Israel to be a Jewish only state. A clear contradiction of the Torah. Man can strive to do whatever he wants… But it is God’s plan that will always prevail.
Anonymous Moron, remember that time you had the same type of dream situation? Waking up with the taste of vanilla ice cream, a continuation of a dream having the biggest ice cream treat ever, but then slowly discovered elements you were sex attacked by that gang all night?
(And shall be like a dream, a vision of [the] night, the multitude of all the nations assembled upon Ariel, and all those stationed around her and those who trap her, and those who besiege her.)
And it shall be, as the hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats, and he shall awaken, and his appetite is unsated, and as the thirsty man dreams, and behold he drinks, and he shall awaken and behold he is faint, and his soul yearns, so shall be the multitude of all the nations gathered on Mount Zion.
Stop and wonder; they became blind and they blinded. They were intoxicated but not from wine; they reeled but not from strong wine.
For the Lord has poured upon you a spirit of deep sleep, and He has closed your eyes; the prophets and your heads who stargaze, He has covered.
And the vision of everything has been to you like the words of a sealed book, which they give to one who can read, saying, “Now read this,” and he shall say, “I cannot, for it is sealed.”
And if the book is given to one who cannot read, saying, “Now read this,” he shall say, “I cannot read.”
And the Lord said: “Because this people has come near; with their mouth and with their lips they honor Me, but their heart they draw far away from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of people, which has been taught.
Therefore, I will continue to perform obscurity to this people, obscurity upon obscurity, and the wisdom of his wise men shall be lost, and the understanding of his geniuses shall be hidden.
…..
And those who suffered shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the impoverished people shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
For the tyrants have ended and the scornful have been destroyed, and all those eager to commit violence shall be cut o
Thank you, davefromage, for this children’s fairytale. I will read it to my 4 year old grandson as he is starting Sunday School.
“Thank you, davefromage, for this children’s fairytale. I will read it to my 4 year old grandson as he is starting Sunday School.”
What “fairy tale” are you referring to, Stan ?
Good old iVaN, still regurgitating the same thing over and over again !
——————— way of clearing the promised land for rest of the survivors of the world… Clearly it is impossible for Israel to be a Jewish only state.——————-
@ “Anonymous Coward”,
B-U-L-L-F-E-A-T-H-E-R-S !
You mention nothing about the ISLAMIC Republic of Iran or the ARAB Republic of Egypt, so what’s YOUR problem with the Jewish state of Israel ????? Minority groups (including several different denominations of Christians as well as Druize and Armenians and Baha’i’s) who live in Israel and who don’t make a habit of attacking innocent Israelis have lived in the Jewish state peacefully————even if it is a Jewish state, so your biased comments are totally BOGUS !
The vast majority of Israeli & PA Arabs are also more than happy with the status quo. People who actually live in the country and see day to day life, know this. The media portrays a totally false picture of Israel. It is a mostly peaceful country, with individual racist PLO murderers disturbing the peace.
Oooh were so scared! Your nazi nation will fall long before ours. You can kill a jew here or there but we can wipe you off the face of the planet as we control everything.
Much to the world’s surprise and dismay, all Israel shall be saved as it is written in Romans 11:26.
And it is God’s plan that Israel will be protected and saved
It is humorous to read the prognostications of most of the posters here. It is obvious that most take themselves so seriously, and are so full of themselves, some quote the bible as though “God” (which means for them some super big guy) will fly down from the sky with a big baseball bat and bang the heads of every anti-Semite, everyone of Israel’s enemies, and so forth, while others fancy themselves arm-chair generals with special insight into what will befall Israel or what Israel will, or aught to do believing they know more than Israel’s intelligence agencies and military who spend full time –real-time– trying to figure out moves to counter Israel’s enemies. Meanwhile everybody is out to impress everyone else with their “expertise” in military strategy or bible knowledge. What a bunch of blow-hards! Every once in a while, somebody posts something intelligent, insightful, and worthy of contemplation. Unfortunately, it is rare.
“Every once in a while, somebody posts something intelligent, insightful, and worthy of contemplation. Unfortunately, it is rare.”
@Stan,
Are you referring to this one, Stan ?
“Thank you, davefromage, for this children’s fairytale. I will read it to my 4 year old grandson as he is starting Sunday School.”
Based on the quote above, I can see your point as to just how rare intelligent posts are!
Sorry, can’t see the arguments for the connexion between the strike and the Evil Axis, in the sense of the title.
the most useless SYRIAN STRIKE, trump the idiot shouldve wiped the fucking russians and iranian presense of the map… but nooooooooooooooooooo
“the most useless SYRIAN STRIKE—————-”
@ “Reality”,
When the “red lines” were crossed during the tenure of our previous administration, Obama didn’t even go that far———-hence, we’re at this juncture today.
@davefromorange man obama was yesterday , trump is today , i expected shit from trump i saw nothing but dog shit
redlines or not , this is war and the iranians and russians should be put in their place. period!
“redlines or not , this is war and the iranians and russians should be put in their place. period!”
@peppering angus,
Agreed 100%
But, how do we do that without, in one scenario, causing any of our allies to sustain severe losses or, in the worst case scenario, starting WW III ?
There is an excellent reason that Russia is NOT part of Western Europe.
Russia is a jealous SECOND WORLD country. It hates the success of the West and surrounds itself with Third World, Islamist dictatorships, all of which are failures and need propping up by Russia. See Cuba, Venezuela, Fascist Iran, Syria dictatorship…
PERSECUTION MANIA TAKES AWAY MY LIFE
The “strike” was a stupid and did achieve nothing. Political. Nothing has changed though for Israel. Its a very rough neighborhood. The US weren’t there for any of the other wars. Starting to look biblical prophetic though. Once it starts in earnest it will escalate quickly. Being a small country, heavy damage on Israel might panic it to use WMD’s – while it can. Maybe Damascus does get nuked?
do you mind if we relocate our million women and babies first, oh moral exemplar of the western alliance.
The strike accomplished a lot! It proved who’s who in this mess! I’m pissed that he (Trump) did only this! Iran need to go bc they will try to destroy Isreal without mercy! Iran is the Great Satan and Turkey is the head! Now Trump says we’re pulling out? I hate this war but yet It’s God’s war! I don’t believe Trump would leave BB alone and vulnerable! Better buckle up! I also believe it was the “white helmets” supported by the Iranian army that made a little light chemical burn. If it was army grade it would be Everwhere and very evident! More then just 40 killed and the HOSPITALS WOULD BE FLOODED!. This is a lie from Iran and Turkey trying to lul the US into a war! Watch Trump! We will defend Isreal no matter who lives there! This is Biblical and we will probably get bombed by Russia and be knocked out of the way or Russia, China or Noko will send an EMP to get us out of the picture! Then the peace treaty of 7 yrs will will Com!
The US psychopathic LUCIFARIAN SERVANTS OF THE SATANIC DEEP STATE gov has killed 20 million people in 37 countries since ww2!!!!!!
YES there is no diffirence between the Ayatollas or Saudi kings, or Saddam or the UK, US deep state[communist jews] and their puppets like Bush, Obama, ect,they are all MURDERERS!!!
and their time is coming when God sets the scales of their works before them!!!!
“YES there is no diffirence between the Ayatollas or Saudi kings, or Saddam or the UK, US deep state[communist jews] and their puppets like Bush, Obama, ect,they are all MURDERERS!!!
and their time is coming—————–”
Anyone notice that those who hate the Jewish people also hate the USA as well !
Your mind has too much embedded feces.
Hey Not All of us were for this! And Yes it is very Biblical and YES it now leave little Isreal VERY vulnerable!
So who’s the winner anyway!!!?
Not sure why the concern. Israel has the budgets and hardware to do this itself. The US would still provide intel etc..
Agreed. Besides, the Israeli Air Force should be more than capable of handling any Russian aggression. Russia is a weak state in Israel’s backyard.
For the same reason that the UK and France JOINED the US in taking out Assads WMD infrastructure.
You think the US couldn’t do it on it own???
“The US psychopathic LUCIFARIAN SERVANTS OF THE SATANIC DEEP STATE gov has killed 20 million people in 37 countries since ww2!!!!!!”
“YES there is no diffirence between the Ayatollas or Saudi kings, or Saddam or the UK, US deep state[communist jews] and their puppets like Bush, Obama, ect,they are all MURDERERS!!!
and their time is coming—————–”
It’s funny how neither JOSEFH or John fail to mention the Soviets, Russia today, Red China, the Pol Pot regime, North Korea or Turkey—————-just to name a few.
” Russia is a weak state in Israel’s backyard.”
@ joshua in sonoma,
Are you sure?
Last time I checked, Russia is many thousands of times larger than Israel, has thousands of times more resources than Israel, has thousands of times more people than Israel and its military is thousands of times larger then Israel’s. Combine that with their allies Syria, Iran, Hezbollah and (possibly) Turkey———and now they’re right in Israel’s “back yard” and Putin is “sort of”———shall we say, “upset” with the Israelis so, once again, are you sure?
You have taken off, Hamas / Iran will be annihilated and if they use chemical weapons, there are all the prerequisites for using one or more nuclear devices. I hope that does not happen because then for many years we will have to put on the maps of the areas forbidden by contamination.
when haShem is finished with you cretins you won’t have to worry about genocide
Israel will stand. It is the eye of God”s apple.Whatever the argument, this are God covenant people and God see the world through them. A miracle happened in 1948-after 2000 years. It will ever happen again. God will always protect them supernaturally.
Well, if Israel’s existence is threatened, it will wipe its enemies’ face from the planet. The US will go to war to protect the State of Israel. If anyone doubts that, they are fools.
Israel in the past 7 years did nothing, and now is to late to act against the winners of syrian war, they become strong
Bibi sitting on the fence has seriously damaged your cause.Not taking the US and Uks side has seriously damaged your credibility in in NATO London and Washington.
God control’s history. Not man.He has a plan for the jews.They will never be wiped out.Two thirds will be .One third will not be.For this is said in the word of God.But those how won’t to destroy the Jews will be destroyed.
russians bombers are nothing and they will do nothing there are worthless. they feared to attack US. RUSSIANS AIR FORCE ANNOT CONFRONT IAF HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT THEY TOOK BIG BEATING AGAINST IAF DURING EGYPTIAN ATTRITION WAR IN 70’s when russians tried to figt along side with egyptian army!!!!! .RUSSIA A IS WEAK COUNTRY WICH WILL BE DEFEATED IT TRIGGERWAR WITH ISRAEL
“The only necessary thing for the rise of evil, is for good people to do nothing”. Edmund Burke. What have we done to help the rebels in Syria, while they were moderate before the rise of ISIS ? Nothing. What have we done to help the Syrian people massacred by their leader ? Nothing. What have we done to uphold our high moral standards and stand up to face the criminal butcher ? Nothing. The result : Iran is here at our borders supported by the Russians and more emboldened than ever.
Don’t mess with AL Yahood
Pogrom days are over
when Vlad the inhaler is too wasted to satisfy his Pizda Persian boy there is no one to blame anymore
Israel has to go to the U.S. and ask for all of the help possible behind the scenes regarding this. It has to also go to others that are also allies or potential allies to deal with this. Israel cannot afford to be alone in this situation and it should try stating its position and situation to all who are willing to listen and help. There are many countries that are still against Iran but they are not really united in their opposition. There is a Shiite prophecy that says riders carrying black flags from Iraq will go to Mecca while riders carrying white flags from Yemen will go to Mecca. This is about conquering Mecca by Iran and its allies while most of the Arab Muslim world is asleep. Pointing to Jerusalem is just a distraction to the real conquest of Mecca.
I would like to see the USA decommission Incirlik air base and Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar for a new, high-tech, self-sufficient and cutting edge air/navel base in Israel where they are among friends and able to integrate forces when needed.
The two major US air bases in the region would then be Al Udeid Air Base in Saudi and the new air base at an appropriate location on the seacoast in Israel – perhaps in Gaza after the Hamas terrorists are evicted.
It is time to stop pretending and to work with friends – not boost the coffers and status of enemies with the presence of US air bases.
This would help the US save money and secure the important assets and countries aligned to the interests of the USA. Israel would have an independent foreign policy but come together with the US on difficult missions.
The first shot is a warning shot – like Israel sending a roof-tapper missile to targets in Gaza. The United States shows it has learned restraint … from Israel.
But allowing Hezbollah to return from Syria to Lebanon … and not striking Iranian bases being built in the Qualmoun mountains leaves Iran and Hezbollah too much room to convince themselves that President Trump is not serious about sending the Iranians home from Syria and protecting Israel from a war-hardened better-armed Hezbollah.
As always, the children of the former Soviet and other Jews in Israel will stand alone against the coming up Russian Empire’s pogrom. It is inevitable. The fact that the Israelis are fully aware that it will be a war of survival i.e. a continuation of the genocide against the Jews this fact alone will generate an Israeli will to use any weapon including nuclear. As in 1967, Israel should be the one that doesn’t wait but starts a war first. The usefulness of surgical air strikes in Syria has run out. You can’t protect yourself unless you exterminate the plague carrying rats. It is time to blow up the IRG bases and nuclear facilities in Iran and Hezbullah bases in Lebanon. It will show Russia that their air defenses are porous and start an uprising in Iran. If Russia still dares to attack Israel from Syria then Russia’s Air Force and Naval bases will be eliminated in Syria. If Russia attacks Israel from its soil/Caspian sea then a large Russian city should be destroyed. As in the 1905 Russian defeat in a war against Japan the Russian people will rise up and drug Putin out of the Kremlin. If Israel waits and loses the upcoming war all Israeli Jews will die. If Israel starts the war some Israeli Jews will survive and prosper in peace among the scared neighborhood thugs for many generations until a new genocidal menace arises against the world Jewry. This is what the Jews are chosen for, to keep dictators from running the world. Whether they achieve it by hiding from pogroms and joining revolutions, being gassed in extermination camps or winning wars and enjoying life is up to them. The Jews can’t be completely exterminated or are they allowed to abandon their task of stopping the nations from worshiping their “leader-gods”. The only remaining uncertainty is whether the Jews have finally realized that they always have only 2 choices: die slowly as cowards or fight first and live. A brief peace is only guaranteed after a war victory, the US or anyone else will never guarantee a lasting peace for the Jews.
Thank you, Un for posting one of the rare, thoughtful, cogent statements on this post. I wish more people who enjoy posting here would step back, take a deep breath, and THINK before posting something. That might actually reduce the clutter of idiotic and thoughtless statements on this blog.
” I wish more people who enjoy posting here would step back, take a deep breath, and THINK before posting something. That might actually reduce the clutter of idiotic and thoughtless statements on this blog.”
Like this one, Stan?
“Thank you, davefromage, for this children’s fairytale. I will read it to my 4 year old grandson as he is starting Sunday School.”
I’m still waiting for your response as to what “fairy tale” you were referring to, Stan. if you do respond, Stan, please be specific.
Read Nazinexus, written by Edwin Black – A child of KZ survivors,
read: Conjuring Hitler, How UK and America made the Third Reich.
There you will learn how IBM made the Numbers tattoos in Auschwitz and in every KZ, and many intersting things.
How thee Holocaust museum is muting the role the US played in Holocaust due to pressure from US.
You are one of millions misguided, who is affected by the Anglosaxonian propaganda.
Go to Moscow, and see how the Jewish community is thriving there.
It is the US which is pushing Russia towards Iran. And Iran, by the way, was pushed towards dictatorship by UK and US in 1953 – that’s why it is antagonistic to the US policies. They just don’t want to be democratized by being bombed, as NATO did to Yugoslavia, Libya, Iraq, Syria.
And Russia has stopped the wona be Anglosaxonian hegemons, who are responsible for Slavery, Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Holocaust. Without the Red Army there would not be a Jewish nation any more. Without USSR you could observe the remains of Jewish nation in an Anglosaxonian Museum for extinct nations – come here to US, you can see them in Museum of so called Indians, when till the 20th century the Federal US Government paid couple Dollars for a scalp of a Red Skin men, for children and woman little more. Shame on these Jews, who’s grand parents were freed by the Soviet Army from Auschwitz, and are now ready to forge the history for a bigger car, joining the fascistic Russo-phobia. Those people should leave the Jewish faith and join some other franchise. They are not worthy of our traditions.
Stop WHINING. This is PRECISELY what the editors of the Jerusalem Post have desired since I first sent them the Prophecy of August, 1979 in January, 1980. Michael (Daniel 12:1, Column XVII of the Scroll of the War of the Sons of Light, Revelations 3:12 & Sura 2:97-98) Google “unsealing-the-seven-seals & Michael”
If you don’t like the neighbourhood, you can always go back to Eastern Europe.
Actually most racists in North and South America and in Australia and New Zealand should also go back to Europe too.
And Turks back to Mongolia.
And Arabs back to Arabia.
Where will you go? -It seems that Muslims kill more Muslims than anyone else these days. If I were you I would not feel too safe in an Islamic country and that is why your people flock to safer Western countries which you proceed to undermine because that’s your Islamist way.
“If you don’t like the neighbourhood, you can always go back to Eastern Europe.”
@Bob White,
Did you post that all the way from Tehran, Bob White ????
The U.S. destruction of ISIS has helped Iran and its allies just like the U.S. getting rid of Saddam Hussein did.
For many anti-ISIS campaigns the U.S. air force was assisting the terrorist Shiite militias sponsored by Iran in Iraq even though these Shiite terrorist groups have killed many more American troops than ISIS ever did there.
We Christians are behind Israel, but we know what is supposed to take place in the end times. That won’t change as God has told us. So the play will continue as written. We can all be content that Jesus has our back and in the end, those that belong to Him will prevail.
It’s a hard thought to process, but instead of putting all the faith in man and his armaments, in President Trump and what he can do…all faith and trust should be put in God. He will not disappoint.
In they days of Moses he told the Israeli’s to have faith and see the salvation of the LORD…He will fight for you while you keep silent.” Exodus 14:13-14 “Zechariah 12:8, “In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem.” And Zechariah 142-3, “The the LORD will go forth and fight against all those nations, as He fights on day of battle.” God didn’t bring back His chosen Jewish people to Israel so that they may be destroyed there. Only God can do what appears to be impossible.