Israel's Multi-Front Strategy

From In From The Cold:

Writing at Geostrategy Direct (subscription required), Bill Gertz reports that Israel's General Staff is weighing the possibility of a multi-front war against Iran and Syria.

Sources tell Gertz that IDF leaders have ordered feasibility studies on a potential, simultaneous strike against its two most powerful adversaries. Officials say the planning is based on Israeli intelligence assessments that the U.S. will not confront Damascus or Tehran, regardless of the threat they pose.

We contemplated this scenario almost two years ago, suggesting that Israel might face a conflict with not only Iran and Syria, but with Hizballah and Hamas as well. Similar predictions were offered by Joshua Muravchik, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton.
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My Comment: Israel fighting mulitple fronts .... a frightful but a very possible scenario. This is a good post from In From The Cold.