Whereas it is true that Israel and Syria have been at war with each other for decades, Israel's public stance today is to not get involved (I agree: it's also a true lose-lose situation for the U.S.):
"'It is not for Israel to decide on Syria, we are in a unique position, for varying reasons there is consensus against Israeli involvement. We did not create the Syrian situation,' President Shimon Peres said."
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-detects...093544642.html
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Originally Posted by I B Hankering
That link is a bit deceiving. They want us to do their dirty work.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2...nd-benny-gantz
Israeli officials ratcheted up their rhetoric, declaring bluntly that Assad had gassed his people and should be punished.
“It takes a barbarian to employ poison gas,” tweeted Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, who likened Assad to Mussolini, Hitler and Hussein. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon called the Assad government “monstrous.”
Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s minister for international affairs, strategy and intelligence, said it is “crystal clear” that the Syrian military launched last week’s attack and that it involved chemical weapons.
“The world cannot allow this to continue,” Steinitz said. Syrian leaders, he added, “have no barriers, no moral inhibitions.”