Chowrangi

It’s been termed as a war of proxies. With Israel getting support from United States and Lebanon being added by Syria, Iran (and persumably China), the attack of Israel on Lebanon may be a prelude to World War III.

According to a New York Times report, the Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

The new American arms shipment to Israel has not been announced publicly, and the officials who described the administration’s decision to rush the munitions to Israel would discuss it only after being promised anonymity. The officials included employees of two government agencies, and one described the shipment as just one example of a broad array of armaments that the United States has long provided Israel.

One American official said the shipment should not be compared to the kind of an “emergency resupply” of dwindling Israeli stockpiles that was provided during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, when an American military airlift helped Israel recover from early Arab victories.

On the other hand, Syria and Iran are perceived to stand behind Lebanon, with support from China, as analyzed by NubianObserver:

The Hizhbollah missile attacks on northern Israel cities had demonstrated to the world that Israel is defenseless against a massive nuclear or non-nuclear missile attacks. Even with an Arrow Patriot antimissile system, Israel would be overwhelmed by the numbers of missiles attacking its cities. To protect Israel against such a serious missile attack would cost tens of billions of dollar and would bankrupt the Israeli national economy.

The massive killing by the Israeli army of old people, women and children with US weapons of mass destructuction made in the US, is costing Israeli the respect and political support of a critical element of American political culture for Israel new need for advanced US antimissile systems. Given the massive unemployment in the US, Americans are not willing or able to foot the bill for Israel antimissile defensive needs.

A movement by Israel back into southern Lebannon will increase the pressure on China to increase its aid to Iran. The most problemic aspect of the China aid, is ICBM and cruise missile for the Iranian submarine warfare.

This over reaction by Israel to military move back into Lebanon is playing directly into the China hands and plans for gaining Iran’s. China hard pressed for oil, is quietly transferring critical missile technologies and manufacturing capacities to build longer range missiles to Iran and Syria exchange for oil. This will increase the risk to Israeli cities.

In order to protect Israeli cities from missile attack, the US Space Command would have to allow Israel access to its antimissile detection grid and advanced space-based counter measures. This will force the Chinese to up grade the missiles they provide Iran.

Israel is being surrounded by a ring of countries able to launch cheap, non-nuclear missiles into high-valued urban targets and cities. Turning southern Lebanon into a DMZ is only the answer for the short range Hizhbollah missiles. The longer ranges Chinese missiles coming to Iran, when placed on mobile launch platform, will be very to difficult, for even Israel Air Force to find and destroy. Israel will be force out of necessity to into attacking Syria and Iran missile production facilities in ordered to reduce the risk of too many missiles being deployed.

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