Decision time for Baby Assad

Update: The IDF denies an ultimatum was issued.

Word is that he’s been given an ultimatum by Israel to stop Hezbullah. It’s Baby Assad’s moment in the sun.

The London-based Arabic language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Saturday that “Washington has information according to which Israel gave Damascus 72 hours to stop Hizbullah’s activity along the Lebanon-Israel border and bring about the release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers or it would launch an offensive with disastrous consequences.”

The report said “a senior Pentagon source warned that should the Arab world and international community fail in the efforts to convince
Syria to pressure Hizbullah into releasing the soldiers and halt the current escalation Israel may attack targets in the country.”

As of a few minutes ago, Israel bombed Lebanese/Syrian border crossings.

I think they’re serious.

The question is: Is Baby Assad as stupid as I think he is? Because I predict pictures of a column of Israeli tanks moving into Damascus in the next few days.

Israel did not ask for this war. Israel will win this war. But let’s not forget, that the moment it becomes a ground war, IDF casualties go way up. The enemies of Israel have been planting mines for years, using the specs developed by the terrorists groups in their constant attempts to destroy Israeli armored vehicles.

Israel will win this war, but there will be a cost. That’s part of the reason I don’t want to see bloodthirsty comments here. The other part is that innocent Lebanese and Syrians will be part of the cost as well.

The report also mentioned that President George W. Bush has repeatedly put much of the blame for the recent escalation on Syria.

“It is no coincidence that the Hizbullah operation comes at a time when the international community is working to impose sanctions on Iran due to its nuclear program and settle the score with Syria by establishing an international court to try those behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri,” the Pentagon source said.

According to the source, Hizbullah made the same mistake as Hamas when it did not predict the ramifications of its actions and ignored the regional and international changes since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

That explains why Bush is so angry when he mentions Hezbullah. Well, that and the fact that W. really can tell the difference between terrorists and “freedom fighters,” which much of the world cannot.