Israel Military Intelligence on war with Syria

According to IDF military intelligence as quoted in the Jerusalem Post,  War with Syria would be 10 times worse than Hizbullah

Predicting that war with Syria could erupt if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not begin peace negotiations with Damascus, the latest IDF assessment also states that such a conflict would be "at least 10 times worse" than last summer's conflict with Hizbullah.

IDF has other work too:

Military Intelligence is also identifying and pinpointing targets for the IDF in the event that a strike is launched against Iran's nuclear facilities.

 

Notwithstanding, the government is busy cutting the Israeli defense budget again. "Your money or your life," said the bandit.

 

"Take my life, I need my money for my old age."

 

The post article also has these nuggets:

 

According to IDF assessments, Syria is not interested in an armed
confrontation, but has stepped up its preparations for war since last year's
Israel-Hizbullah conflict.

 

If Syria is not interested in a war, why does it keep announcing that it is about to try to liberate the Golan with guerrilla warfare?

 

And then there is this piece of intelligence:

 

Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah remains a target for the IDF, although the assumption within the defense establishment is that the guerrilla group would respond harshly if he were killed.

Well yes, I would tend to think they would not like that at all. After all, there is a reason why "Military Intelligence" is said to be an oxymoron, isn't there?

Ami Isseroff

 

Cross posted: Israel News  Middle East Analysis