Israel Repeatedly Asked Jordan to Back Attack on Syria in Past Two Months
Official: 'You Know the Israelis - Sometimes They Want to Bomb Right Away'
A fall war in Iran was clearly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first choice. But it turns out the November war on the Gaza Strip may not have even been the second choice, as Israel is said to have repeatedly approached Jordan about the possibility of attacking Syria.
Israel and Jordan’s government cooperate closely on regional military operations, and despite Israeli comments that they can unilaterally attack Syria whenever they want, they reportedly kept pressing Jordan for an official imprimatur over the past two months.
“You know the Israelis,” noted one official, “sometimes they want to bomb right away.” Jordan however, rejected the plan, fearing that they would be accused of complicity, especially since US troops are deployed in Jordan along the Syrian border right now.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Israeli military to prepare for an invasion of Syria back in July, but officials have since downplayed that prospect. With Israel’s election just over a month away, it is hard to fathom them starting yet another war, but as Netanyahu looks to burnish his hawkish reputation, it seems the idea is not being ruled out.
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occupy911truth
December 4th, 2012 at 12:36 am
crazies run israel. have since its inception. when will the propagandized israelis wake up to this reality? i swear, the majority or israelis and palestinians agree with me on a feasible resolution (however unfair to palestinians…). i have talked to many on the ground on both sides. but yes, the israelis seem the most deluded, the most unable to make the most basic and moral "concessions", but they still on a majority level *could* with the right leaders.
but crazies run israel. not good for israelis, only good for the israeli MIC, their assets abroad relishing in their inflated political weight (and profitting from it; which goes away with peace), and i suppose revisionist zionists, expansionist zionists, and nutty christian zionists who are enamored with the idea of "prophecy" playing out… however far off this reality of israel from the prophecies in their texts.
maybe this is how israel was destined to run its course, as it always was steered by racists, fascistic zealots, and other bad dispositions.
israeli power structures have prevented a viable resolution…. so the only path is self-destruction, aided by the "karma" that israeli actions will bring to bare upon herself from regional and global powers…. it will be ugly, and israel has the samson option….. but this zionism thing must pass.
israel can make it utterly painless and liberating for all, or painful for themselves and so so many. and given the neocon policy we have been carrying out since 2001, it looks like the world of pain path is what we are on.
come on israelis, americans, jews abroad, everyone…. stop the BS. it really is a slow motion train wreck, and i'm sick of watching it.
ronaldo
December 4th, 2012 at 3:55 am
JORDAN a puppet and you know whose pulling the "Strings"
JOHN JOHN
December 4th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
IT seems to me politics always has priority over any situation no matter what is happening in the world. It would have to wait until after the election.That shows what is more important to a politician, (his own ass!)