While I felt both flattered and vindicated by Major General Eyal Eisenberg's comments about the false sense of security engendered by Iron Dome, I was at the same time taken aback by the claim, five paragraphs from the bottom, that Hezbollah's arsenal consists of approximately 5,000 warheads.
Where the hell does he pull that number from, and how the hell does the media let it pass?
That's fewer rockets than Hezbollah used in the last Lebanon war.
Have Hezbollah been decommissioning their inventory and forgot to put out a press release?
Not likely.
Should a reasonable observer assume that they have more, not fewer missiles today?
I would think so.
Estimates of Hezbollah missile inventory typically range from 30,000 into the hundreds of thousands, depending on the motivations of the person doing the talking.
Eisenberg's estimate of 5,000 is by far the lowest I have seen in years.
Of course, if one tires of the hand-wringing over missile counts, there is another option; making peace with the neighbors.
Failing that, the best and the brightest will keep moving to Berlin.
Showing posts with label Hezbollah missiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hezbollah missiles. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Why Nations of Virtue need to coordinate propaganda efforts
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, one of the top Global Thinkers of 2012, is being quoted all over the world today to the effect that his government knows where every one of Syria's 700 missiles is located, and who is in control of each one.
That should be making red flags with big question marks emblazoned on them pop up in the mind of every reader. Syria has 700 missiles?
For many years we have been hearing about how Syria is a conduit for the traffic in Iranian missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon. I don't believe there is any reason to doubt that, although it is well possible that Hezbollah has more missiles sourced elsewhere.
Estimates of the number of missiles held by Hezbollah number anywhere from 30,000 into the hundreds of thousands. What we know for sure is that in the last Lebanon war they fired off thousands and showed no signs of running low, and no one doubts they have vastly more today.
But Syria, the conduit for tens of thousands of missiles to Hezbollah, only kept back 700 for herself?
File that under "highly unlikely".
I have my doubts about Davutoglu's claim on "Global Thinker" status, but there is no question he is a world class bullshitter.
That should be making red flags with big question marks emblazoned on them pop up in the mind of every reader. Syria has 700 missiles?
For many years we have been hearing about how Syria is a conduit for the traffic in Iranian missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon. I don't believe there is any reason to doubt that, although it is well possible that Hezbollah has more missiles sourced elsewhere.
Estimates of the number of missiles held by Hezbollah number anywhere from 30,000 into the hundreds of thousands. What we know for sure is that in the last Lebanon war they fired off thousands and showed no signs of running low, and no one doubts they have vastly more today.
But Syria, the conduit for tens of thousands of missiles to Hezbollah, only kept back 700 for herself?
File that under "highly unlikely".
I have my doubts about Davutoglu's claim on "Global Thinker" status, but there is no question he is a world class bullshitter.
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