Syria is mobilizing for war. Ehud Olmert, the Prime Minister with 3% approval rating, can’t find good reasons to hold on to the Golan and is preparing to surrender it.
On the odd chance that Prince Ehud reads this Blog, here are a few good reasons.
In 1973, in the Valley of Tears hundreds of Syrian tanks launched a surprise nighttime attack on a ridge defended by a few tanks of the Oz brigade. The invaders came prepared. They had night vision; the Israelis did not. The defensive line collapsed and the Syrians penetrated deep into the Israeli formations. The Israeli commander reported that he was amazed at how bravely and skillfully the Syrians fought. He realized that he was facing annihilation and there was no immediate help coming. A strange calm came over him as he thought, “I am stronger than they are; I am braver than they are”. He communicated to the other tanks commanders, “I’m moving back to my original position; we must hold the original line; everybody who can, move up with me!” Read more >
