We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:47:19 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Pushed up and incomplete for relational purposes to current events in Lebanon. I've been working on this for three days, trying to read all the reports on Iran and Syria, including the reports from J. Thomas Smith in Lebanon. Last night after the rumor of the Russians leaving Bushehr Nuclear Facility, it seemed that the below analysis was correct and I was not going to have time to finish it before it happened. That turns out to be correct. Still, here is some background information on the situation and why Syria and Iran would be moving now to push Hezbollah,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:07:13 -0600 oh...sorry...tired this morning. Did not have "blog comment" interpretation skills fully functioning. I actually edited out the sentence at the end: ahmadinejad is suddenly silent after a week of rhetoric: rattle snakes are at their most dangerous when you don't hear their rattle anymore. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65181 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65181 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:25:49 -0600 No Kat, I am not saying for you to be quiet! I am saying sometimes the lack of information or chatter is just as telling as the glut of it. Meaning the lack of references to the entire affair by our military, the Iranians, the Syrians and the MSM etc.. is telling IMO... I predict this matter will come to a head sooner than later... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65177 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65177 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:46:29 -0600 mmmm...is this saying to be quiet? Not sure what you're saying there Mr. T. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65175 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65175 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:59:01 -0600 Interesting Analysis... A wise Admiral once told the crew, "Those that don't know are talking and those that do know are silent" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65174 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/10/iran_and_syria.html#comment-65174 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:16:39 -0600