Syrian president Assad is neither willing nor able to give Israel genuine peace. Syria has demonstrated no moderating of its alliance with Iran, its support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and other terror organizations, its aggressive designs against Lebanon, or its dedication to Israel’s destruction. This as there are myriad reasons why Syrian president Assad is neither willing nor able to give Israel genuine peace. This as the Golan Heights controls Israel’s major source of fresh water. In addition, the Heights are perhaps the most strategic piece of real estate in the Middle East and, despite overly sanguine claims by some Israeli military officers and others, Israel has no way of compensating for the strategic damage that its surrender would entail. (Nor can Israel create an equivalent of the 100 mile wide demilitarized zone that has existed between Israel and Egypt since the Camp David agreements.) This also as Israel has an excellent claim to permanent sovereignty over the Golan Heights on the basis of international law and precedent. More about the dangers of abandoning the Golan Hights at : http://xrl.us/bmazn

israel wants to keep the same old losers in positions of leadership in syria. why take the chance that someone with some brains or common sense will replace the same old lame kleptocrats? too bad.

Sounds too sloppy to be Israel.