WEB Notes: Can you believe this? This is like the bully saying, ‘you give me your lunch money and if you defend yourself I will punch you in the face!’ First off, the bully is going to punch you in the face anyway so defend yourself and stand your ground. Where was Israel? In Syrian territory, what exactly did Israel expect to happen?
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes.
“The next time the Syrians use their air defence systems against our planes we will destroy them without the slightest hesitation,” Lieberman said on Israeli public radio.
Israeli warplanes hit several targets in Syria on Friday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the strikes targeted weapons bound for Lebanon’s
Source: Israel threatens to ‘destroy’ Syrian air defence systems