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Edited by Dustin:
5/28/2013 9:06:12 PM
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Israel once again threatening world peace
Russia officially announced that they would arm the Syrian regime with missiles earlier today. In return, Israel declared that they would take "action" in the event that Russia does in fact arm Syria with missiles. In other words, Israel is threatening to shoot Russia's missile shipment into the ocean (which they claim is already on its way to Syria).
I know enough about international politics to not overreact to this kind of stuff, but in a sense this situation is different. Israel is well known to preemptively strike an enemy if they feel threatened, and especially in times of war (such as their attacks in Syria). They're an aggressive country and they usually don't make unfulfilled threats. Ivan on the other hand is the kind of country that would retaliate on such a strike. If Israel were to attack this shipment (and with Israel's reputation in mind, it could happen), Russia will certainly strike back. And of course this would force the U.S. to enter such a conflict including all of it's NATO allies.
So I'm just going to hope that Israel is having a good day, and they don't feel like starting WWIII. Thoughts?
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5 RepliesEdited by Dragon029: 5/29/2013 9:46:07 AMWhilst it is a ridiculous claim by Israel, they do have an important point. The S-300 is very advanced technology, coming only really second to it's new derivative, the S-400. While Syria arguably has the right to defend itself against Israeli airstrikes, it definitely does not need these systems. More than that, if you throw such systems into such an unstable nation, they're going to wind up in the hands of the worst imaginable groups. From there, they'll likely be sold to neighbouring nations for more immediately useful tech; the technology would likely wind up in the hands of Iran, militant groups, etc. The only real positive to selling them to Syria is that it means that systems like the F-35 and Next Generation Bomber, etc will be justified.
