Tornado Alley (PROG)

[Lebaneseproud]

It could be Israel's nightmare far more than Obama's nightare.
Israel needs to tread very carefully right now. As fuagf's series of articles posted suggest, this time could be far more dangerous than the conflicts of the past.

Israel is much more vulnerable now than in the past. Syria is very unstable and big trouble could spill over from the Golan. Hamas has a great number of rockets (more advanced than in the past as well) capable of hitting many parts of Israel. Egypt is very unstable these days and their is no telling what Egypt or rogue elements within Egypt will do to participate in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hezbullah who is militarily stronger than ever, sits within Lebanon perched on the Israeli border and they have assembled a massive arsenal of rockets now capable of striking all parts of Israel. They now have thousands upon thousands of rockets that can match the number held by most nations on earth. Al_Quaeda is alive and well (contrary to recent political election propaganda to the contrary) and has issued statements of their solidarity with the Palestinians and there is no telling what they are capable of at any given time as evidenced recently in Benghazi. And of course there is still Iran , racing to become a nuclear player and who even without nuclear is a very strong military power in the region. Iran has funded and supplied arms and rockets to all of the above with the exception of maybe Al-Quaeda.

So why is Israel so much more vulnerable today in my opinion? Because scenario's can play out where Israel could find itself entangled with several(or even all) of these players mentioned above at the same time. Yes, Israel has a super powerful military and the best of equipment and weaponry capable of inflicting massive damage against all of the above. Yes , they have this Iron-Dome to protect against incoming rockets. But this dome is not tested against hundreds and thousands of these rockets coming at them all at once directed at any and all points within Israel. Israel's enemies are capable of creating major damage as well within Israel if the conflict escalates and this wasnt always the case in the conflicts of the past. Yes, Israel has nuclear weapons if they ever became needed for survival but with there enemies all perched so close to Israel, Israel itself would have fallout and major problems as a result of using such weapons.

As surrounding players get stronger , I think Israel can be overrun and destroyed in the years ahead. I dont want to see this. I also want to see the problems of the Palestinians fairly addressed and resolved. Its critical that their be a peaceful solution to all of the current flare-ups in the middle east. If not , Im afraid these nations and people can destroy each other. Every nation on earth needs to step in and offer to help facilitate a peaceful resolution to current list of crisis simultaneously happening in the region. I dont think it should be just the United States. Many of the players distrust the US and their loyalties. It needs to be a coalition of many nations.

Netanyahu needs to tread very carefully before launching an all out assault and ground invasion. Even though he can justify it in my opinion because of the rockets launched against his people, he still needs to weigh the consequence. It could unleash a chain of unforseen events that can bring even more misery on the Jewish people and the Arabs as well that live within Israel. The same chain of unforseen events could be unleashed if he decides to attack Iran. I dont believe the Iron-dome can protect the people within Israel completely if something errupted on several of these fronts. It will protect them quite a bit but I believe massive damage can be inflicted the likes of which Israel has not seen.
I pray peace prevails and good sense prevails in the minds of the leaders on each side.