Is Israel Preparing For Military Action In Syria?

Israel Preparing For Action In Syria, Says Former Mossad Chief -- Arutz Sheva

Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom: Israel is preparing for military action in Syria, if its chemical weapons end up in the hands of Hizbullah.

Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Thursday that Israel is preparing for the possibility of military action in Syria, in case its chemical weapons were to end up in the hands of Hizbullah or other terrorist organizations in the region.

Yatom spoke to the British Sky News, which reported that Israel is deeply concerned that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad may deliberately give Hizbullah chemical weapons or that they could end up in the hands of other terror groups

In either case, this could lead to a regional war, Yatom told the network.

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My Comment: Would the Syrian government .... knowing that it was losing the civil war .... launch a chemical attack against Israel and/or permit Hezbollah to use chemical weapons against Israel to thereby change the focus away from the Syrian civil war and more to the obvious Israeli retaliation and (I would assume) it's declaration of war. A part of me says that .... like Gaddafi when he was losing the civil war .... to use weapons of mass destruction would open up a scenario that would guarantee a firestorm directed back at you .... hence Gaddafi made the decision to not use them. Would the Assad regime do the same .... or will they go for broke hoping that they would survive the military storm that they would produce. That's an answer that I do not know .... and I suspect that even Assad himself is not entirely sure.

For more info on Syria's chemical stockpiles, go here.