Comments on: Wednesday sniefs

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:10:51 +0000

There is an interesting book, entitled “The Boats of Cherbourg” by Abraham Rabinovich, about that operation and the role of the IDF’s “Sea Corps” in the subsequent 1973 war.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:43:05 +0000

In reply to Yannai. Yannai, the story is an amazing one, and the Wikipedia story had me laughing out loud at the hoodwinking of the French. Here's Wikipedia's version, and here's the Jewish Virtual Library's.

By: Yannai

Yannai — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:26:20 +0000

Interesting – in 1968 the French government had no problems canceling a contract it made with Israel to sell her a number of warships. This occurred after the French had already been paid, incidentally, not that they bothered paying back the money. The result was Israeli commandos sneaking aboard the ship at harbor in the middle of the night and simply sailing them away. If only we had that kind of spirit today.

By: Eric J

Eric J — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:17:17 +0000

I don’t put much credibility in that report, given the source. I think it’s more likely a warning to Lebanon that a second incident will have “disproportionate” consequences.

And according to Totten/Commentary, the US is now witholding $100M of aid to Lebanon’s army.

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:08:52 +0000

If the goal of the attack was to foment a war as a distraction from the Hariri case, isn’t it sensible for Israel not to attack now?