Syria: Next War with Israel Will Be Ruinous

Image via Wikipedia

clipped from bible-prophecy-today.blogspot.com In yesterday's commentary, I wrote of reports that Lebanon was blasting large areas of rock near the Lebanese-Syrian border to build a staging area for the deployment of Syrian tanks, presumably in preparation of Syria getting involved in what we can be sure is on the horizon, another military conflict between Israel and her enemies. Today's headline in The Jerusalem Post, perhaps by the design of its staff, seems to make reference to Isaiah 17. It reads "Syria warns: Next war will be ruinous". Ruinous? Isaiah 17:1: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Syria's foreign minister warned Israel earlier this month that any new war would reach Israeli cities, to which Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman responded that the Syrian army would be defeated and its regime would collapse in any future conflict. Today Damascus is here, but tomorrow? Who knows? Things are that tense.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Israel warns Syria it would lose future war (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Israel warns Syria it would lose future war (ctv.ca)
• Netanyahu slaps down minister to end war of words with Syria (guardian.co.uk)
• US holds 'candid talks' with Syria (telegraph.co.uk)
• Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria (nytimes.com)
• U.S. Diplomat, Syrian President Meet in Damascus (online.wsj.com)
• US appoints new Syria ambassador (news.bbc.co.uk)
• United States Lifts Syria Travel Advisory (nytimes.com)