Jerusalem Post reported:
Israeli jets bombed Syria on Sunday, rocking Damascus for hours and
sending pillars of flame into the night sky in what a Western source
called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Local people reported massive explosions and internet video showed the capital's skyline lit by flashes;
Israel, while declining to confirm the strike, stressed its focus was to
deny its Lebanese foes new Iranian firepower and not take sides between
Assad, long seen as a toothless adversary, and rebels who have won
sympathy from Israel's Western allies but who also include al-Qaida
Islamists hostile to the Jewish state.
A confidant of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Israel hoped that
by not confirming its attack, it would not force its enemies into
serious retaliation.
After an Israeli strike on Friday, US President Barack Obama defended
Israel's right to defend itself from Hezbollah, which fired many rockets
into Israel during a war in 2006.
Without a declaration of war Israel attacked a sovereign nation, including a Syrian military base. Israel instituted its "decline to confirm" strategy, which the world allowed it to use for decades on nuclear weapons. Obama toed the line for Israel as President, something he did
twice before, as Senator and President elect.
When does a state have the right to attack another state, multiple times, to get at a terrorist organization? Apparently for Israel and the U.S., any time and with impunity. There are no global structures left to reign in those intent on expanding their power through violence.
