PrintJuly 18, 2006
The Syrian Option
As Israel battles the Shiite terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, many analysts have begun to wonder if there is another enemy that should be directly engaged: Syria. A harmonic convergence of factors has anathematized one of the most problematic regimes in the Middle East and indeed the world.
Syria is the transshipment point for the tons of Iranian weapons (particularly the missiles that are raining down upon Israel and the one that heavily damaged an Israeli ship) and trained military personnel that have emboldened Hezbollah and allowed them to create a 'state within a state' in Lebanon.
Even though Syrian military forces were compelled to leave Syria after their complicity in the murder of Prime Minister Hariri was all but made clear, the Syrians have continued to held sway over vast swaths of Lebanon — their various tentacles reaching out through Hezbollah. Syrian agents also have engaged in the assassination of reformers and anti—Syrian...(Read Full Article)
