[Peace-discuss] Make peace with Syria, attack Iran

[David Green]

In today's NYT, "historian" Michael Oren, from the same right-wing Israeli think thank that gave our campus the execrable Yossi Klein Halevi a while back, proposes that Israel make peace with Syria. He doesn't seem to have the best of motives:
   
  "More crucial still, by detaching Syria from Iran’s orbit, Israel will be able to address the Iranian nuclear threat — perhaps by military means — without fear of retribution from Syrian ground forces and missiles. Forfeiting the Golan Heights, for these Israelis, seems to be a sufferable price to pay to avoid conventional and ballistic attacks across most of Israel’s borders."
   
  I'm really curious to see how the local Jewish/Stalinist leadership will justify Israel nuking Iran. 
   
  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/opinion/24oren.html
   
  Note also that Assad has made no "Sadat-like" gestures to Israel. It's remarkable how Israelis cultivate a hope for Arab "greatness," while planning for the next attack.
   
  DG

 
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