Israel started bombing Syria once again this week, claiming it was a “new policy” aimed at a “demilitarized southern Syria,” after the rebranded Al-Qaeda government in Damascus demanded Israeli troops withdraw from the additional territory they have occupied since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December.
The Israelis are shooting themselves in the foot because of cretinous inflexibility. The original plan, agreed to with Turkey and the US, was for Turkish-backed jihadists under Al Sharaa to take Aleppo and the northern part of Syria, perhaps as far as Hama if there was no strong resistance.
Then, when the Assad regime was mobilizing its meager forces in the north to stop the jihadist advance, the Israeli army was to stab Syria in the back, taking over the southern part, as far as Damascus; and the country would be partitioned between Turkish clients and Israel, in preparation for a joint war against Iran, with US backing.
But Assad's Syria folded like a house of cards, unexpectedly; while it was expected to fall, it was not expected to fall so quickly and completely. The jihadists, rather than fetching up against desperately defended Hama and Homs, walked unresisted over the entire Syria down to the Golan, while the IOF was caught with its pants down, not yet ready for its part of the invasion.
Now the Israeli leadership wants to retcon things so that they get "back" the southern part of Syria they were originally meant to take. But Turkey and its vassal HTS regime are laughing at them, and have no intention of sharing their conquest.
So, rather than shut the frick up and accept the situation on the ground, the IOF are now attacking their prospective allies. In effect, they are jeopardizing their entire US-Israel strategic plan (to attack Iran using Turkey and the jihadists as a proxy) for the sake of a patch of desert with a handful of impoverished Arab villages. How stupid can you get?
Everything the 4 x 2's do, smacks of the usual collective and individual disgusting hubris we have come to know and expect from them. Little wonder they are historically and presently the most loathed and hated people on the planet...closely followed by their apparently out of touch from reality brain dead U S sponsors.
Instead of a greater Arabia, as desired by the Arabs fighting WW 1 against the Ottomans, the Western powers betrayed the Arab clans by creating in effect bantustans which could be manipulated to benefit Western economic interests in the region. Yet again we discover Israel pulling the strongest military and political strngs, with the US cooperating as a servant to Israel, at every murderous turn.
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The Israelis are shooting themselves in the foot because of cretinous inflexibility. The original plan, agreed to with Turkey and the US, was for Turkish-backed jihadists under Al Sharaa to take Aleppo and the northern part of Syria, perhaps as far as Hama if there was no strong resistance.
Then, when the Assad regime was mobilizing its meager forces in the north to stop the jihadist advance, the Israeli army was to stab Syria in the back, taking over the southern part, as far as Damascus; and the country would be partitioned between Turkish clients and Israel, in preparation for a joint war against Iran, with US backing.
But Assad's Syria folded like a house of cards, unexpectedly; while it was expected to fall, it was not expected to fall so quickly and completely. The jihadists, rather than fetching up against desperately defended Hama and Homs, walked unresisted over the entire Syria down to the Golan, while the IOF was caught with its pants down, not yet ready for its part of the invasion.
Now the Israeli leadership wants to retcon things so that they get "back" the southern part of Syria they were originally meant to take. But Turkey and its vassal HTS regime are laughing at them, and have no intention of sharing their conquest.
So, rather than shut the frick up and accept the situation on the ground, the IOF are now attacking their prospective allies. In effect, they are jeopardizing their entire US-Israel strategic plan (to attack Iran using Turkey and the jihadists as a proxy) for the sake of a patch of desert with a handful of impoverished Arab villages. How stupid can you get?
Everything the 4 x 2's do, smacks of the usual collective and individual disgusting hubris we have come to know and expect from them. Little wonder they are historically and presently the most loathed and hated people on the planet...closely followed by their apparently out of touch from reality brain dead U S sponsors.
Instead of a greater Arabia, as desired by the Arabs fighting WW 1 against the Ottomans, the Western powers betrayed the Arab clans by creating in effect bantustans which could be manipulated to benefit Western economic interests in the region. Yet again we discover Israel pulling the strongest military and political strngs, with the US cooperating as a servant to Israel, at every murderous turn.