Hamas, Hezbollah Could Push Israel To War | AVIATION WEEK

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, War, Aviation Week, Conflict, Defense Analysts, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Israel War, Lead, Neighbors, Proxies, Syria

Israel is always on high alert when it comes to the potential for war with its neighbors, particularly the two groups viewed as proxies of Iran and Syria: Hamas and Hezbollah. Though neither seems particularly eager for a full-blown conflict with Israel at present, defense analysts see a number of developments that could lead to [...]

War game shows how attacking Iran could backfire – KansasCity.com

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2010 | 2 comments

Published in Iran, Israel, War, Attacking Iran, Brookings Institution, Clash, Game Shows, Gaza Strip, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Policy, Neighbors, Nuclear Challenge, Nuclear Weapons, Persian Gulf, Proxies, Reinforcement, Saban Center For Middle East Policy, Simple Solution, Straits Of Hormuz, Tank, War Game, World Game

Apparently, the war game doesn’t include the use of nuclear weapons by Israel to obliterate its neighbors.
Instead, Iran attacks Israel, both directly and through its proxies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. It misinterprets U.S. actions as weakness and mines the Straits of Hormuz, the world’s chief oil artery. That sparks a clash and [...]

Israel: A Regional War May Be Approaching

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, War, Coastline, Enemies, Explosives, Fatah, Foreign Minister, Hamas, Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbullah, Hostilities, Iran, Israel, Israel War, Last Saturday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, New Ways, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Proxies, Regional War, Syria

A regional war may well be approaching. The actions and statements of Iran and its Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian proxies over the past week or so indicate that this is what Israel’s enemies are gunning for.
The latest developments are menacing. Last Saturday, Iran’s unelected president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to open up a new round of [...]

Iran comes out on top in secret simulated war games – Times Online

Posted by Matt in December 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Afghanistan War, Enriching Uranium, Games Online, Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran Nuclear, Iranian Missiles, iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Militants, Militias, Online Security, Proxies, Security Analysts, Top Games, Top Secret, United States, War Games

Security analysts in Israel and America have warned of the potential high cost to be paid if Israel attacks Iran and say that such a strike would at best delay, rather than stamp out, Iran’s nuclear programme. The cost would be not only to Israel, whose cities are within range of Iranian missiles and which [...]

‘A World Without Nuclear Weapons’: Prologue for a Mistaken Strategic Nuclear Policy

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Army Weapons, Barrack Obama, Family Security, George Bush, Great Equalizer, Iran, National Security Policy, North-Korea, Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Reduction, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Objective, Principle, Proxies, Russia, Security Matters, United States, Warheads

I consider Obama’s goal of a world without nuclear weapons to be extremely dangerous. This plan is beyond merely bad. It is going to get you and me killed.
We have the world’s greatest conventional army. Nuclear weapons are the great equalizer. Now why would other countries want to give that up?
Surely Russia will play [...]

Daunting times for Israeli survival

Posted by Matt in January 22nd, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, War, Acquisition, Enemies, Gaza, Hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Matter Of Time, No Doubt, Nuclear Weapons, Political Calculation, Population Centers, Proxies, rockets, Southern Israel, survival

Most ominous of all, however, is Israel’s steadily declining military edge over its enemies.
The Hamas rockets that have terrorized the population of southern Israel are harbingers of more horrific things to come. It is only a matter of time and political calculation before Iran provides its proxies in Gaza (Hamas) and Lebanon (Hezbollah) with the [...]

Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front

Posted by Matt in September 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in New Cold War, Russia, Confrontation, Espionage, Fred Burton, FSB, Hallmark, Intelligence Agencies, Islamist Rebels, KGB, Military Action, North Koreans, North Vietnamese, Propaganda Campaigns, Proxies, Rebels In Afghanistan, Resurgence, Russia And The United States, Russian Power, Russian Strategic Bombers, Soviet Support, Sphere Of Influence

By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart
Over the past several months we have written quite a bit about the Russian resurgence. This discussion predates Russia’s military action in Georgia. Indeed, we have discussed the revival of Russian power since at least 2005, the implications of the FSB’s return since April and the potential return of the [...]