Israel is not exactly best friends with its neighbors, but what appears to be coming is not good. First, Syria is building up it's forces, moving them, and intensifying training. Israel got nervous, especially as the focus of this new buildup and troop movement, seems to be in the direction of the Syria/Israel border. Furthermore, Syria is 1) denying the buildup of military forces near Israel via radio and press, and 2) Defense Minister Peretz (of Syria) is warning Israel to stop tensions with Israel. I find this hypocritical as a Syrian Parliament member told Israel to "not do anything stupid, or there will be a heavy price". I find this hypocritical, as Israel has yet to make any military reaction towards Syria, and Syria is becoming "offensively defensive" towards Israel.

The Syrian army is usually not exactly one that Israel would worry much about. However, the Syrian military is recieving generous amounts of funding from Iran. This "funding" is not limited to money; Iran is giving Syria everything from long and short range missiles, to naval warships. This is not exactly a surprise considering all very blunt threats Iran makes about "wiping Israel off the map".

Syria shares borders with Israel, along Israel's North, around the Golan Heights. Due to where the Golan Heights are in respect to the borders, it gives Syria the strategic advantage, which has proved incredibly useful to them throughout the many times they invaded Israel. The most famous example of this is the Yom Kippur war, which was among the most costly wars Israel has ever been through.

The situation is not looking good....anyone have any thoughts?