Israel avoids 'Cuban missile crisis'
Fox News is reporting, based on an interview with Jonathan Schanzer, that Israel
avoided its own Cuban missile crisis by destroying Hamas' Fajr-5 rockets in Operation Pillar of Defense (Hat Tip:
Memeorandum).
Rocket attacks from Gaza were commonplace in Israel prior to the
campaign, dubbed "Operation Pillar of Defense," with at least 750
projectiles falling on the area close to the border since January. The
attacks were ratcheted up in early November, which seemed to prompt
Israel's move and the deployment of its vaunted "Iron Dome" defense
system. But behind the scenes, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) had a more
pressing need to launch their intense bombardment on Hamas’ weapons
stores.
Israel's elimination of senior Hamas figure Ahmad Jabari as he drove
in broad daylight in Gaza also fits into Schanzer's narrative.
“Ahmad Jabari, along with another major Hamas figure, Mahmoud al
Mabhouhk, [who was assassinated in Dubai in 2010], was a key part of the
procurement network for the Fajr missiles and there is little doubt
that Israel was keen to take out the man responsible,” Schanzer
explained.
Schanzer contends that the operation actually began three weeks
earlier, when, on Oct. 23, the Iranian-owned Yarmouk armaments factory
in Sudan - believed to be the assembly plant for the Fajr5 missiles that
have a range of up to 45 miles - was devastated by air strikes for
which the Sudanese government holds Israel responsible. Israel, and for
that matter the U.S., both deny any knowledge of the attack.
And therein lie some key differences between Operation Pillar of Defense and the Cuban missile crisis. In the Cuban missile crisis, the US was not existentially endangered. Other than Cuba itself, it had to worry about Russia, but it did not have to worry about another, closer party trying to retaliate. The US resolved the Cuban missile crisis diplomatically (albeit with a threat of military action). And most important of all, a recurrence was unlikely.
It is entirely possible that Hamas will try again, with the support of our 'friends' in Egypt, and with the support of Sudan, Iran and other countries in our region. In fact, they are likely trying already. Egypt's behavior regarding the smuggling is an issue that goes back to the Mubarak days and has only gotten worse.
The apparent coordination between Israel and the U.S. raises
questions about the role of Egypt, which was credited with helping
broker a cease fire between Israel and Hamas. The missiles were almost
certainly smuggled into Gaza from Egypt, with the likely knowledge of
President Morsi, whose Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of
Hamas.
“There’s little doubt that Iranian-built rockets came from Sudan
through Egypt, and that Egypt’s security forces weren’t interested in
intercepting the missiles," Eric Trager, of the Washington Institute, an
expert on Egyptian affairs, told FoxNews.com. "Morsi was more
interested in furthering his own internal agenda than worrying about
foreign policy issues at that time.”
Egypt needs to be forced to choose between its Muslim Brotherhood ties and its massive US foreign assistance. But don't expect it to be presented with that stark choice with this administration in power. They could probably abrogate their treaty with Israel and suffer little or no consequence from Washington.
And then there's the role of the media.
“I think that Washington and the international media have been so lazy
in their coverage of this conflict in terms of identifying what actually
happened,” Schanzer said. “Both the Israeli intelligence community and
Israeli officials referred to the presence of Fajr5 missiles in the
hands of Hamas as 'game changing rockets,' a change that very nearly
produced Israel’s own Cuban missile crisis.”
Lazy isn't really the word. After all, they all sent reporters to Gaza to report on the poor, suffering Islamist canon fodder. Mendacious is more like it.
Labels: Fajr-5 rockets, Gaza, Hamas, mainstream media, Operation Pillar of Defense
1 Comments:
Well, I guess you could say the the U.S., in total, was not "existentially" threatened by the Cuban missile crisis, because there were always the Rocky Mtns to go hide in, like Galt or Modor. But the entire East Coast of the U.S. was under threat. Far more than 7.5 million people under threat in Israel's situation. I do agree with your last sentence. People who should be gaining a spine and standing up the the marcuse marxist caliphate juggernaut keep going back to "lazy", "misinformed", etc. etc.. Given the slew of info coming out, in detail, after the U.S. election, about all kinds of things, big and small, international, national, and local... I would have to say that people giving these govt and media people any kind of "benefit of the doubt" re their motives are just part of the lying take-over of the U.S. by the marxist caliphate people.
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