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Syria's Regime And Rebels Each Try To Use Israeli Airstrike To Their Advantage -- Christian Science Monitor
The Assad regime says the attack underscores the need for unity. The opposition has contrasted the regime's lack of response with its relentless attacks on its own people.
Although all signs point to Israel as responsible for an attack two days ago on Syrian territory, the political fallout seems to be concentrated in Syria, where both the Assad regime and the opposition are trying to work the incident to their respective advantages.
The beleaguered regime is using the attack, which Israel has refused to acknowledge, to cast the opposition as allied with “the Zionist enemy” and appeal to Syrians about the need for unity in the face of hostility. Meanwhile, the Syrian opposition is painting the lack of retaliation for the attack as evidence that the government and Army have been greatly weakened by the uprising.
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My Comment: The rebels are making a good propaganda point. The Syrian military has no problem attacking Syrian civilians and the rebels .... but are holding back in not attacking Israel. But as an outsider I do understand why the Syrian regime is reluctant to engage the Israeli military right now. A shooting war with Israel will mean the destruction of the Syrian air force and the elimination of Syrian government command and control centers .... two critical components of the Assad regime in their war against the rebels. For Assad this is then not a choice .... the rebels are a far more greater threat to him than the Israelis, and he is going to focus on suppressing the rebellion before getting involved in a tit-for-tat shooting war with Israel.
Update: ‘It’s not a war Syria could win’: Israel’s air strike may be a taste of things to come, experts predict -- National Post
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