Zachary Kessin's Journal: thoughts on Syria

Bashar Assad is probably realizing he is up shit creak about
now. Lets be honest dictators are out of fashion these days, and
those that train terrorists even more so. It is common knowledge that
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, Hizballah et al are based in Syria
and Syrian-occupied Lebanon, and funding is channeled threw Syria
from Iran to these groups.

For those of you not used to the mid-east you have to understand that
this area is not very big, its maybe 300km from Damascus to
Jerusalem, and maybe 50 from the Golan to Damascus. In other words
minutes in a modern fighter jet. Beirut is not much farther, maybe 60
km from the border.

A military conflict between Israel and Syria probably will not
happen, unless Israel wants it to. Syria will not start a war with
Israel for one good reason. They will loose. in the 1980's the
Israeli and Syrian air forced fought over Lebanon, the result 79
top of the line Syrian MiG's reduced to litter on the floors of the
Beka valley. In those dog fights 1 Israeli jet was hit by a SAM.

In addition Syria can't help but notice the US forces in Turkey and
Iraq. As well as US naval forces in the Mediterranean and the Gulf.

The world seems to be urging us (Israel) to respect international
law. Which seems odd, International law seems to be quite firm on the
fact that nations have a right and a duty to protect
themselves. Israel is in a war for its very existence, and has been
since we were a country. Our enemies have never been shy about their
goal of driving us into the sea. So far the only thing that has
stopped them from doing this is the fact that our army is better then
their army. I firmly believe that if they thought they could get away
with it Syrian tanks would be crossing the border to attack us, like
they did 30 years ago. And I don't think the world would do much to
stop it.

Thankfully our army is stronger then theirs.