Game-Changers in Syria Will Lead To Israel-Iran Confrontation
The confrontation between Israel and Iran is escalating over Syria and expanding in Lebanon.
The Israeli attacks on Syria produced mild, ambiguous reactions from most Western capitals. The attacks were considered part of the Iran-Israel confrontation in the newly opened strategic playground called Syria, rather than aggression against a sovereign country.
It was aggression, regardless of the nature of relations of these capitals with the Syrian government, the domestic policies of the latter and the internal situation of increasing and expanding rebellion against the regime.
The somehow embarrassed Arab reaction was also a function of the current relations with Syria and of the ongoing escalated confrontation with Iran over Syria. This sets a very dangerous precedent in condoning an attack on a sovereign country, the effect of which will spread beyond the Middle East.
In this newly emerging strategic confrontation, in order to block the possibility of introducing game-changers in a yet evolving situation, messages are flying in both directions.
