Thousands more Syrian troops deployed on Lebanon border
The Jerusalem Post reports this morning:
Syria has mobilized some 3,000 troops and heavy equipment near its border with eastern Lebanon, Beirut’s As-Safir newspaper reported over the weekend.
The troop movement is being carried out under the banner of a bid to stop illegal smuggling and cross-border criminal movement, but Middle East analysts are viewing it as a signal from Syria that it intends to return Lebanon to its sphere of influence.
The troop movement could also form part of a response by Syria to the threat posed by Lebanon-based jihadis, although this seems less likely in light of the widespread view that Syria has backed a number of jihadi groups in Lebanon.
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Yuck… THAT’S happy…
They’re probably also trying to deflect attention from their allies in Iran.
Just waiting for Tuesday to jump off…..
It could be the Syrian troops ran to the Lebanon border to get away from the US forces on their Iraq border.
Wonderful. Maybe they’re getting ready for that “generated crisis” Biden was talking about.
Thanks for covering this Michelle, the Christians of Lebanon need our prayers and our support.
I’m sure most of your readers are not aware that Lebanon is the last Christian country in the land where Christianity began.
First Law of Combat
Anything that can be seen, can be hit. Anything that can be hit, will be destroyed.
Messgae to Syrian COmmander: Peek a boo…..
Hey, the Syrians are just prepaping an exam question for The One.
I guess the Obama victory party is in Lebanon, then?
Someone should remind them that Bush will still be in office until January.
My fear is that Israel, knowing that they will see a severe reduction in US support under an Obama administration, will have to resort to preemptive defense of its’ existence.
I would if I were them, in a heartbeat.
Fit, meet Shan.
It is quite obvious that they are preparing themselves for an Obama victory. I am sure Ahmidinjad is very giddy right now.
Well, I hate to disappoint them…No I don’t!
Obama will set down with Iran and do what?
GEEES!
They plan on giving The One quite an education. But unlike his Occidental/Columbia/Harvard days, he won’t be able to hide the transcript.
Face Mecca and give thanks for the Victory over the Great Satan?
Enjoy Sharia
Have a nice Jihad
Buy your burkas ladies
Herding goats while wearing
a burka is liberating
Can we please get someone competent in the White House? Someone who can deal with stuff?
McCain is all about “honor”, not competence. Bush was all about loyalty, not competence. Hey guys, this is a big plane. We need a pilot.
Couldn’t bring yourself to actually write Obama’s name, huh? I don’t blame you. He’s not “The One” you’ve been waiting for.
McCain is a pilot.
They’re testing BO….snark.
NO, no we don’t need a pilot. We need some pansy Harvard lawyer who everyone is so in love with that Clooney and the rest of Hollywood are practically humping his leg.
/do I really need to add the “sarc” tag?
Sounds like maybe the “testing of Obama’s mettle” Joe Biden was referring to if Obama is elected.
There was a suspected underground nuclear test in Iran but propagandized as an “earthquake” recently. Will this be another “test” of “The One”?
But don’t worry, his response may seem like the incorrect one but you must bear with him as he’s learns how to be President. You don’t just move into an office like that and know how to do everything. OJT is always better than experience and character.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 am, lgm said:
Stuff? Stuff?
I’d rather have an incompetent conservative than a competent collectivist (bent on destroying the United State’s superpower status) any day of the week.
You idiot collectivists – competence in evil is horrible. The last thing I want is a competent Hitler (Socialist) or Mao (Communist) running my country.
now THAT was funny mjk. lol
Anyone with Photoshop skills want to put this image together?
It’s a just a diversion . Israel is going to be attacked on Tue’s.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 6:57 am, Milwaukee Mike said:
My fear is just the opposite – that Israel will continue to sit on their hands.
Tzipi Livni may have been in the Mossad, but that’s not saying much these days. She’s a feminine Olmert, a suicidal appeaser and corruptocrat.
So is Bush.
For those wondering what Iran has planned for Iraq, just read a little about how Lebanon went from being the sole Christian nation in the middle east to this. Lebanon will fall once Obama is elected. Sadly, most do not see the strategic implications of this.
STUFF-IT
And I think very highly of him.
backwoods conservative said (#19):
Touche! But not a good one — lots of crashes.
FilmLadd said (#23):
Maybe you do, but most Americans do not want more Bush/Cheney.
I think we’ve misunderstood lgm. He means ‘Palm Pilot’ so The One can schedule unconditional appeasement meetings, dictator photo ops, etc. Someone competent with all that talk stuff.
If Syria is waiting for an Obama win to make a move, that might not be smart. Israel can pretty much assume that it is on it’s own if Obama were to win. It will get no help from an Obama administration. So with an Obama win, Israel is more likely to take matters into it’s own hands and shrug off any protestations from Obama. So, in reality, Syria should be dreading an Obama win.
Ironically, given Iran’s statements about wiping things off the map, Israel is the only country there that has the ability to wipe another off the map. If Israel feels backed into a corner, and knows it can’t count of Obama for anything besides abandonment, things could get very messy for Syria and Iran.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 am, lgm said:
Most Americans do not know what the term collectivist is, thanks to the efforts of the likes of you.
Tip for the collectivist: be very, very afraid of those Americans who not only understand the word collectivism, but understand its true nature.
As long as we are on the Airplane/Pilot analogies, I have to ask lgm, do you think BHO has had enough time in the simulator to make a real flight yet?
On November 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 am, Send_Me said:
You clearly know NOTHING about aviation. Or do and just choose to ignore it.
#1 Engine Failure. In av gas driven engines, lots of things can go wrong that are difficult to impossible to diagnose after the incident. Ever hear of contaminated fuel? carb ice? or vapor lock?
#2 Military planes will often fly low during training. Sometimes obstacles in an area are unknown. It happens, though could have been his error. Hard to say. Todays procedures are much better than they were in the 60’s.
#3 His engine flamed out. Unless you think he maintained his own jet, it wasn’t his fault.
#4 Someone shot an AIM on the deck of the carrier that hit McCain’s A4.
#5 He got shot down, like a lot of other pilots, by a SAM.
Was he the best pilot we ever saw. Probably not. Bad luck? hell yeah. He put in a lot of hours. The more you fly, the more weird sh#t happens. I’ve lost engines in my airplanes twice. It’s not whether you experience that… it’s what you do when it happens that counts.
Please stick to a topic that you understand. Like how sexy Obama is to you.
I earily voted, McCain and everyone else third party (don’t worry, this is utah, they will all be gop except for matherson who is really a dino and votes more like a republican anyway.)
oh snap….
I heard on Fox this morning (which resulted in chuckles all around), that Chevez would be open to talks with the US, but only with Obamabi. I guess he thought that would convince those undecideds to run not walk to the nearest polling place to vote for his buddy.
Phew! LGM, have some consideration – open a window or light a candle when you post like that in here!
You know as well as the rest of us, that the world – especially the Middle East – is getting prep’d for a militarily non-responsive America under a President Obama; Biden as much as said that would be U.S. foreign policy.
A President Obama would be dangerous to peace and mean the destabilization of the entire mid-eastern region, erasing what has taken decades of negotiation and cost the U.S. dearly in terms of lives lost and treasure, as rogue nations and terrorist groups will be free to invade and overthrow wherever and whenever they please.
Obama is too inexperienced to be Commander-in-Chief, and America’s enemies know it! Too bad you don’t.
NJ – Please excuse lgm, he sees things very narrowly, like plane crashes. They are always the fault of the pilot because he doesn’t know how planes work. Please do not confuse him with technicalities..such as…engine failure.
That may be true, but let’s face facts, when it comes to Israeli external security, the Defense Minister is the “sexy” position. That’s why PM’s like Ariel Sharon insisted on keeping both portfolios. When the rubber meets the road, Ehud Barak will be in charge and I suspect will do what he’s gotta to keep Israel secure.
I also susepct that the IAF is on full alert and ready to roll on Damascus AND Tehran as soon as they have to….
I think Syria just wants to hear the responses from the US presidential candidates. If Obama fails to open his mouth, they know they have a green light for whatever they wish to do.
On November 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 am, lgm said:
That was low, even for an equivocator like you!
But, like Schwarzenegger said, as President McCain spent more time in the Hanoi Hilton than Obama The Experienced has in the Senate, I guess that’s the best you’ve got!
Just curious… If Obamamessiah wins, wouldn’t Obamamessiah’s followers have to be careful celebrating victory so they don’t get killed in the midlle East for belonging to another religion other than Islam?
He does have supernatural powers, none of all the dirt reported on him has ever stuck to him. It bounces out and lands on Joe the plumber, Sarah Palin’s daughter etc…
I voted already, and I didn’t see Bush or Cheney on the ballot.
To hell with coal, I’m burning wood, and partying like it’s 1899!
Yeah how would that get handled by an Obama/Biden administration? Well we know Obama said that Georgia asked for it when they were invaded by Russia….Below I don’t think McCain/Palin would be blaming the Victim.
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/2008/11/who-will-stand-up-to-bullies.html
What exactly makes you think Obama can “deal with stuff”??? His total lack of experience?
Both incorrect. Niether one ran on a platform of incompitence however obama is running on a platform of inexperience.
Already been covered.
They had coal then. Think more like 1499. Because having power to run stuff is SSSOOOOOO 2007.
It does look like the screwballs of the world are reading that we will soon have BO in the Whitehouse. Now, we will see how surrender works and encourages our enemies to move forward in all areas. I wonder how the libs here would like to see burkas and Muslim law set up here? I wonder how they would like to read a gov’t only press? Looks like we are heading for the dark ages or its the last days before the antichrist sets his rule.
I have trees within walking distance, coal mines, not so much.
Thats good because Obama’s civilian security force will be watching
Burn Cow Chips…
lgm,
Two of McCain’s “crashed” aircraft were literally shot out from underneath him. Only his training kept him alive.
Everyone like you who makes a comment like you did all have the same thing in common….. They have never been shot at. You get to pontificate, fat, dumb, safe and happy, all brought to you a defender of this country that you have the gaul to sharpshoot.
You do not merit the priviledge to comment about what happened to those who have. Comment away on his politics all you want. On his experiences as a ploit, frankly have have not earned the right, because he put his life on the line, which is something you will never be willing to do.
Let them believe the polls, I don’t. McCain is going to win. The polls are run by the same MSM groups that have been in bed with Obama from the begining. The polls are meant to keep McCain voters at home tomorrow.
DON’T BELIEVE THEM.
Which is good, seeing as neither of them are on the ticket.
If you think Obama’s gonna have a talk with terrorists and nutjobs and make everything okay, you’re painfully, woefully ignorant.
And it’s gonna blow up in your face.
They can watch whatever they want. Mr. Glock and Mr. Mossberg will make sure that’s all they do.
Misscheryl said (#42):
McCain was a reckless pilot. Read Tom Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff to find out how crashes get attributed to “engine failure”.
sonofdy said (#48):
Obama ran a pretty good campaign. He dealt with the subprime crisis better than McCain, which is one of the things Colin Powell cited in his endorsement.
McCain did not run on incompetence (his weak point) and Obama did not run on inexperience (his weak point). But, . . . we look for experience because we want competence. We want the competent one who can handle the next crisis, not the experienced one who bungled the last crisis.
Will the liberal fools on this web page go away tomorrow??
Running a good campign is not a good reason to elect anyone. Obama did exactly the same thing as McCain on the subprime thing.
Well in the experience field, Obama is the clear loser. The only international issue he had a vote on he got wrong (the surge). It is easy to make speeches when you have no resposiablity for the out come.
Ah, here we are, 24 hrs from the “ELECTION OF THE CENTURY”, and we start to get a trickle of the WORLD NEWS that will really matter in 48 hrs… What a great COUNTRY!!!
No
oh yeah a ‘good campaign’ while engaged in massive voter fraud (acorn 800k) and accepting illegal contributions..nice.
what did he do with the subprime mess?? he bent over just like mccain. seriously how stupid are you?
obama is going to bend over for Iran and Russia as fast as he can…and throw israel under the bus.
yeah Obama is going to talk to the terrorists and make everything OK..for them!!
You mean like the affirmative action, community organizing hack you call “The One?”
I agree to a point, however, President McCain has the leadership and experience to know that less is more, in deciding which approach to employ in dealing with an ailing economy
Obama doesn’t have this experience.
He will use an interventionist/hands-on strategy that will worsen the scope of the economy’s downturn, impacting the elderly and poor with higher prices on fuel, food and energy, and will tax away jobs and prosperty from the middle class with his 95% “tax cut.”
Obama’s policies will expand the time, impact and duration of the economy’s current downturn and will delay its recovery by years!
President McCain’s experience will guide him to lessen the downturn’s impact for those who may suffer the most – the poor and the elderly – by keeping in place policies that will neither increase costs nor unemployment (no tax increases!), and will work to keep America’s economy strong through energy independence. Obama is wrong on the economy, and wrong for Americans.
Flyoverman, ditto here. My fear, like that of others, is that Israel wouldn’t do a pre-emptive strike. I think they will, they certainly have before. Without their willingness to defend their borders, the world would be in much more danger.
O/T, but as I heard a lib describe it, an “athletic” government, as opposed to a “passive” one. Guess that explains why Obama is seen working out at the gym so much these days.
ATHLETIC!? Good grief! What the Democrats won’t do or say to re-brand their old tax and spend policies!
Maybe Nancy could run over there and talk again, that worked out so well. I do not like brining religion to blogs, but I can’t help but think of the biblical verse that predicts that Damascus, the oldest continous city on the planet, will be reduced to a smoldering ruinous heap. Fairly sobering for a Monday morning.
It’s all in the rhetoric, DBN. Up is down, left is right, evil is good, “athletic” gov’t. is better than “passive” (i.e., laissez-faire).
lgm, NJ-Aviator has demonstrated that he knows much more on the subject than you do. You should know when to quit. A link to a liberal blog and a reference to a book with an implication that engines never fail is reaching, even for you.
If McCain wins, I expect we’ll hear a lot less from some, particularly the ones working for Obama’s campaign.
Isn’t it amazing how libs dismissed everything Powell said while he was Secretary of State, but now that he has admitted to lying to the U.N., they think his endorsement is sacrosanct? If Powell presented information that he believed was false to the U.N., then this man has no integrity and his endorsement is useless.
Joe Biden: “Where are the French?”
sonofdy said:
McCain “suspended his campaign”, not Obama. McCain first indicated he would accept the bailout, then he scuttled the agreement. The result was a huge amount of pork added to “help” McCain Republicans vote for it.
In other words, McCain bungled. His bungling was responsible for a delay in the bailout during which over a trillion dollars were lost on the stock market.
Maybe you don’t support the bailout, maybe you do. The problem is that McCain went back and forth.
Is she available for Speaker of the House?
Extremely well said. I have complaints about some of his politics, but he’s been there done that in a way that most of us hope we never have to.
lgm’s stupid remarks about whether or not he’s a good pilot should be taken up with the US Navy who issued his wings.
Taken in the appropriate manner (as opposed to “snarky”.)
I’ve sent in my absentee ballot with a third-party write-in, Alan Keyes. With regards to national security/foreign policy, neither major-party candidate seems to have a solid vision for this country nor perspective as to how to defeat this enemy. Obama is hopelessly clueless. That’s been well established. McCain, however, isn’t much better. Yes, he has military experience, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he has a great military mind. I’m at work at the moment, but if you’d like to read more about my position on this topic, I’ve written more on Hotair.
So…is this the “Coming Events” trailer to the show that will be “Obama’s Test”?
Given his love and admiration for certain people that is recorded on certain tapes being held by certaing newspaper people, what will he do? What WILL he do?
OK, lets play a game:
Looking at this from a conservatives’ eyes: We have a stated enemy threatening to invade a strategic (potential) ally. Our theory would be to let them move across the border and then use the rapid deployment force from the huge proving ground just to the east to destroy lines of supply and communication. Then, we cut them to pieces with air power thus defeating our enemy and ensuring the Lebanese the opportunity to create a future without being controlled by Islamist fascists.
Looking at it from a Liberal’s point of view: Eeeeeew.. we have somehow upset the Syrians. We must demonize and destroy our own culture to show these good at heart people our commitment to multiculturalism and open mindedness. What did we do to the people to upset them. It must be our fault. Apparently, we didn’t get our message across! Hmmmmm, maybe if we bought them an nice chai teal latte (decaf) and talked this whole thing through, they would leave Israel and Lebanon alone and we could all go back to our favourite (notice the Brit spelling – that would be mandatory) pastime of stealing money from those greedy hate mongers that worked for it!
Your choice.
HEHHEHHEHHEHHEH
Obama’s gonna get some people nuke’d for sure.
We about to have some fun boys and girls. The news isnt going to be boring for quite a while.
BO probably will get people here reeducated and he will be getting to the Whitehouse by out maneuvering the Clinton machine as well as the McCain campaign. I do wonder if he will start collecting guns and closing bible believing churches? I’am hoping and praying that somehow the polls are wrong and we can still have our persuit of happiness in this great land.