fanger
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One can understand the extreme frustration that Benjamin Netanyahu must be feeling right now.
Israel's Prime Minister isn't just embroiled in an endless laundry list of corruption scandals — he also failed to expand (or secure) Israel's foothold in Syria.
That's not very good.
For the last six years, Israel has tried to pretend that it has no horse in the "western/Sunni medieval dictatorship" war against Syria. Like Swiss bankers hoarding Nazi gold during World War II, Israel claimed total neutrality as it waited impatiently to cash in.
Of course, it didn't just "wait". It also bombed Syria repeatedly (to "stop Hezbollah") and openly supported Al Qaeda in Syria. But that is neither here nor there.
The reality is that no country would have benefited more from a destroyed Syria than Israel.
If Assad fell and Syria went up in flames, Israel would take permanent ownership of the Golan, and would likely snag a few extra slices of Syria to ensure a proper "buffer zone" between Israel and the hell hole that was formerly Syria. With probably zero objections from the international community. Mission accomplished!
There's never been any real attempt to hide it: Even senior Israeli officials have stated that if they had to choose, they'd rather have ISIS than Iran in Syria.
That doesn't sound very neutral
Israel Inconsolable After Failing to Gobble up Another Slice of Syria
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Israel's Prime Minister isn't just embroiled in an endless laundry list of corruption scandals — he also failed to expand (or secure) Israel's foothold in Syria.
That's not very good.
For the last six years, Israel has tried to pretend that it has no horse in the "western/Sunni medieval dictatorship" war against Syria. Like Swiss bankers hoarding Nazi gold during World War II, Israel claimed total neutrality as it waited impatiently to cash in.
Of course, it didn't just "wait". It also bombed Syria repeatedly (to "stop Hezbollah") and openly supported Al Qaeda in Syria. But that is neither here nor there.
The reality is that no country would have benefited more from a destroyed Syria than Israel.
If Assad fell and Syria went up in flames, Israel would take permanent ownership of the Golan, and would likely snag a few extra slices of Syria to ensure a proper "buffer zone" between Israel and the hell hole that was formerly Syria. With probably zero objections from the international community. Mission accomplished!
There's never been any real attempt to hide it: Even senior Israeli officials have stated that if they had to choose, they'd rather have ISIS than Iran in Syria.
That doesn't sound very neutral
Israel Inconsolable After Failing to Gobble up Another Slice of Syria
View attachment 118515
Thug life
