Israel Threatens to Return Syria to Stone Age if Hezbollah Launches Scuds

President Obama's Middle East foreign policy suffered a major blow last week when it was disclosed Syrian President Bashar Assad has transferred long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah. The Israelis are obviously very concerned. They are threatening immediate retaliation against Syria itself if these long range ballistic missiles are launched against Israel. Off-the-record, an Israeli minister said,

“We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missiles against us.”

Times Online reported:

“We’ll return Syria to the Stone Age by crippling its power stations, ports, fuel storage and every bit of strategic infrastructure if Hezbollah dare to launch ballistic missiles against us,” said an Israeli minister, who who was speaking off-the-record, last week.

Another Obama Foreign Policy Failure. Syria Gave Hezbollah Scuds.

President Obama's strategy of reaching out to despots has suffered another failure. Shortly after he took office in 2009, President Obama sent a high ranking delegation to Damascus as part of the new administration's policy of "engagement." Syria has now responded to that policy change by giving Hezbollah long-range Scud missiles. That is change we could have done without.

The WSJ reported:

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday publicly charged President Bashar Assad's government with transferring Scud missiles to Hezbollah's forces inside Lebanon. Syria and Hezbollah both denied the charges. But the allegations already are affecting U.S. foreign policy: Republicans pressed on Capitol Hill to block the appointment of a new American ambassador to Damascus, according to congressional officials. The White House said it was pressing ahead.

The Scuds are believed to have a range of more than 435 miles...