Opinion  Guy Bechor
The Syrian curse
Guy Bechor
Published: 30.08.12, 11:01
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1. bravo!!
E. G. Marsch ,   Nahariya, Israel   (08.30.12)
Wisdom in a nutshell!
2. Syria
tammy ,   Manchester UK   (08.30.12)
Wow!! You are not biased at all. Maybe the majority of your readers are stupid, ignorant or enjoy it when you pass on propanda material to innocent readers but were not all like that. Israel is the very bottom of the list of countries that are innocent. You guys are commiting attrocities everyday. The last people to be trusted with nuclear power.
3. Bravo Mr. Marsch, classic Conservatism, don't do anything
Miki ,   tampa fl   (08.30.12)
4. Exactly! there are no 'good guys' in Syrian conflict
tf ,   herzliya il   (08.30.12)
Just like there is no Arab Spring or 'Egyptian democracy'.
5. So true.
Igor ,   Germany   (08.30.12)
Syria is just one of the dissolving states set up by colonial powers ~100 years ago. In the next 100 years we can expect more of the same in the Middle East. It would be no wonder if Egypt loses Sinai, a free Kurdistan emerges, Lebanon disappears...
6. Yes, it's only going to get worse...
Quinn ,   San Diego, USA   (08.30.12)
I'm afraid that before life in Syria improves; all of Damascus will lie in ruins. (Isaiah 18)
7. Obama's sole qualification is skill at reading teleprompters
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.30.12)
Obama not only interfere destructively in world affairs he knows nothing about. He also interferes disastrously in American affairs he knows nothing about. One merely has to look at the enormous increases in American unemployment, deficits, gasoline prices etc. to know Obama is screwing America as well as the world. That's what happens when an American president's sole qualification is skill at reading teleprompters.
8. EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!
Paul ,   USA   (08.30.12)
Obama's understaning of the world (especially Middle East) is ZERO
9. and the same applies to the EU
bruno ,   bouxwiller   (08.30.12)
10. Syria Opinion
Albert Rettig ,   Tel Aviv   (08.30.12)
How true!. But what about his access to WMD poison gas?
11. Totally agree
Sarah B   (08.30.12)
and that includes the spat between Iran and Israel. Nothing to do with the US, let them get on with it
12. After this analysis....and correction of errors
SOS-101   (08.30.12)
in the many other analysis - Brainstorming, please!
13. The US should listen to Israel (who is universally hated)
TaylorT ,   Earth   (08.30.12)
Why on earth should the US listen to advice from people who don't have one ally left? (except for the US--an alliance the author is doing his level best to mess up.) They shouldn't, of course. The author's real goal is to prevent the US from getting sucked into the Syrian quagmire so Israel can instead suck the US into a war with Iran. Luckily, Obama and the rest of the world sees through the silly, politcally-immature agenda of the Israelis.
14. Half of ynet people blast Obama for not intervening...
Kim ,   UK   (08.30.12)
...and the other half blast Obama for intervening in Syria. The bottom line? They like to blast Obama. Why? Because instead of confronting their enemies, they like to try to extort and guilt their friends. It's their way and the reason, of course, they have so few friends in the first place.
15. THE U$A CURSE
X   (08.30.12)
TENTACLES WORLDWIDE.CONSUMERISM CULTURE AND VIOLENCE SCHEME,WAR SOLUTION AND RICH CONSEQUENCE,MEDIA PROPAGANDA.EVIL DISGUISE AS GOOD,THE MASK IS FALLING
16. #2
Israeli   (08.30.12)
Yet we still have a country, nuclear arms, and a powerful army. Keep huffing and puffing, no one who has any real power in this world will pay attention to you. Down on the ground we are the reality. Down on the ground we make the rules. Sadly, the day your dominion and overlording over Jewish affairs is over. Get used to it, but more importantly, get a life that does not involve sticking your ugly British teeth in our affairs.
17. #14
(08.30.12)
Friends? Did we have friends during the Spanish inquisition? Did we have friends friends during the Holocaust? Today then you say we have no friends, just like during the Spanish Inquisition and Holocaust we had no friends, correct? You know what we do have Kim? Nuclear missiles, an amazing army, phenomenal education, a genetically diverse and vibrant Jewish community that hails from all the corners of the earth. You can take your friends and stuff it where the sun doesn't shine.
18. #13
(08.30.12)
The rest of the world of the world sees this, the rest of the world sees that, blah blah. In the mean time our settlements are doing better than ever. Our population grows. Keep playing prophet of doom, but the reality on the ground is quite divergent from the reality you choose to see. BAAAA you smelly lamb. Go follow somebody wiser than you.
19. #13, Israel fears democratic Syria, will lose Golan Heights
Steven Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (08.30.12)
...to a Syrian democracy, wants to keep Assad, dictators, in place, so they can hold on to the Golan Heights forever.
20. EXACTLY!
Marco ,   Spain   (08.30.12)
21. I fully agree with Bechor this time
Yossef   (08.30.12)
22. #14 Obama
israel israeli ,   tel aviv   (08.30.12)
First of all, Obama is intervening in Syria. Former lawyers and accountants who become "lightly-armed rag tag rebels" do not destroy tanks and helicopters manned by the best Arab soldiers. They get killed. Obama is supplying these "rebels" and Western special forces are doing many of the "quality attacks" against Assad. People blame Obama because he is to blame. Fact, Assad has been a brutal dictator for years. Fact, two years ago Obama sucked up to Assad and Ahmadinejad. Fact, only when Obama realized that Iran was a danger to Saudi Arabia, did he start destablizing Assad. Fact, if Obama acted against Syria and Iran in the past, many innocent lives would be spared. You can vote for Obama if you like, but don't ignore the fact that he failed miserably in the Middle-East and many innocents are dead.
23. MANY DECADES the West FAILED to help Islam DETOTALITARIZE.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (08.30.12)
24. Absent "good guys", focus on what matters to us
(08.30.12)
I find it distressing that the West leaned almost nothing from its recent experience in Libya. Just because the current leader is an evil son of a bi**h doesn't mean his successor will be a good guy or one we can work with, nor that the aftermath will be an improvement for all, especially minorities. Things have already turned out worse not just for Libya, but for Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt too. Our interests are three-fold: First, that the chaos not leave a vacuum to be filled by extremists, and the territory not become a safe haven for terrorists. Second, that the most dangerous weapons not fall into the most dangerous hands. Third, that the chaos be contained. Absent a strong leader, most countries in the region collapse into sectarian, tribal conflict. So yes, Syria could become like Lebanon in the 1970s. Finally, consider how the current chaos might have affected Israel if it had foolishly ceded the Golan to Syria.
25. Well said, and to all the...
Peter ,   USA   (08.30.12)
Usual and typical "knee-jerk" anti-Semites, who chant the same rant against Israel (read: Jews, let's be honest here). It's too bad you hate the Jews so much, even at your own peril and demise, because history has proven since time immemorial, that you and your ilk bet on the losing side every time. Also BTW, bravado can only do so much, before reality sets in (ask all the scaredy-cat, yet very macho Arab leaders about that one). Idiots.
26. Don't blame this dude Tom. Look at your Rabinovich
Mike ,   Princeton   (08.30.12)
The former presidnt of Tel Aviv "university" and expert on Syria advised Israel to give everything assad. Where is this guy Rabinivich now? Left for US with his family? When Israel follows the guys like that Rabinovich she looses everything. US had no lost anything because of Tom.
27. correction to #3 on conservatism
E. G. Marsch ,   Nahariya, Israel   (08.30.12)
No, conservatism says--do something if it will achieve something. If it won't achieve anything, or will even make things worse, don't do it.
28. To: No. 19
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (08.30.12)
Israel annexed the Golan Heights. It is already a part of the State of Israel forever. And "democratic Syria" is an oxymoron.
29. Steven Benassi
Mae White ,   Tel Aviv   (08.30.12)
Utter nonense and foolishness. Israel can only benefit from a stable democratic regime next door to it; this has absolutely nothing at all to do with returning the Golan. Where do you get yourknowledge of the ME from?
30. Mike, Princeton
Mae White ,   Tel Aviv   (08.30.12)
Why is university in quotes? Have you yourself ever been to one? Tel Aviv U ranks as one of the best educational institutions in the world, for your information. As for Mr. Rabinovich, no, he still lives and works in Israel. I guess your argument just fell flat.
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