Saturday, October 6, 2012
Who Sent the Drone?
On October 6, 2012, the Associated Press of the Los Angeles Times wrote the article called "Fighter jets shoot down drone over Israel". The article discusses the shooting down of a drone that was sent into Israel. The UAV drone was sent as a recon drone to spy over Israel. The drone flew in Israel borders for twenty minutes. A drone has not penetrated Israel since 2006, and this is worrying Israel. The owner of the drone has not been found yet, but there has been speculations that it was the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah. Israel is worried that after this drone others can be sent to cause harm, and they are ready to retaliate if anything comes through the borders. The air force responded in twenty minutes, which is an average time of retaliating to a threat that comes through the border from air. If the owner of the drone is found to be Hezbollah, I have a feeling that Lebanon is going to go into turmoil if the problem escalates because in 2006, a similar incident had happened. The middle east is is enough turmoil, I am hoping nothing else comes up.
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As you said the Middle East is in turmoil, and hearing this new incident that occurred I think that it will just make everything worse. Since Israel is involved, America will do anything to defend it because of them being a close ally to Israel. I hope it was not Hezbollah who did this, because if it was, I think Lebanon is going to be in trouble for invading Israel.
ReplyDeleteThis is a worrying incident for Isreal, and it is only a matter of time until the owner of the drone is revealed. Isreal has not had a drone penetrate the country since 2006, which means that there is a reason, a purpose, behind the drone. There is a possibility that the drone came from the Middle East, and high chance that it was Hezbollah. This assumption is based on the history Israel and Lebanon have had before. I hope to God that it is not Hezbollah, because we have a large Armenian diaspora in Lebanon and if Lebanon were to turn into turmoil, thousands of families will lose their loved ones, their homes, and their country.
ReplyDeleteThe drone that flew into Israeli boarders was indeed the work of the militant organization of Hezbollah. The groups leader, Hassan Nasser Allah, admitted to their actions. The drone penetrating the border will escalate more problems in the region, one that is unneeded at the moment. It is imminent that unexpected problems will arise and unwanted actions will soon be taken...Let God not allow such things to occur.
ReplyDeleteAnother problem in the Middle East is the last thing the world needed. From the looks of it, I do not see a clean, diplomatic resolution of this problem. Israel is one of the world's most powerful countries, and they will not let this event slip from under their fingers. Whoever is the attacker will definitely have to pay a hefty price. With the strongest countries in the world as their allies, Israel has nothing to worry about. They have amongst the strongest armies and probably the smartest, most organized government. A drone entering their country is sort of a head scratcher because no one would want to attack Israel, without understanding the consequences that will follow it. I hope that Hezbollah is not behind this drone attack because it will get pretty dirty in Lebanon if that is the case. With so many countries going down in the Middle East, we should all be praying that this chain does not continue and that the country who sent the drone would get off the hook rather easily.
ReplyDeleteHezbollah, possibly, but I do not think they should blame something they do not know for sure. It is a risk to have drones cross your borders and that should be responded to with shooting it down, as it was. Besides, Israel is one of the most powerful countries and they have nothing to worry about, but we do.
ReplyDeleteThe militant group Hezbollah definitely sent the drone into Israel, and Shahan being a credible source confirmed it. Being a hot topic this week, it is not a positive thing that tensions are rising in the Middle East. Israel's nation security is being breached by a small militant group working with Israel's largest enemy, Iran, and Israel is preempting a retaliatory strike against Hezbollah. Israel by all means has grounds to attack Hezbollah, but the situation must be looked at from both sides. Hezbollah being a small militant group, is trying to get its name out to the world by doing these daring assignments against enemies. This shows the world Hezbollah's bravery and the fact that they have the technology and brains to do a mission that most countries today can not afford to do. In my opinion, both countries get reputation out of this, Israel for retaliating in all means, and Hezbollah for having the guts to attack a country that will retaliate in all means.
ReplyDeleteAs you stated in you blog, we do not need more problems, as the Middle East is in that much turmoil. Our air force did a great job in stopping the drone as it could have harmed Israel. It is safe now, and they should not do anything else to flip the situation upside-down. Israel is safe under the wing of the American forces. Again, great job by the troops, and keep up the good work.
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