Plotting Next Mideast War

The rumors of war continue to build in the Middle East.

Today in the Wall Street Journal we have a Bret Stephens column talking about Syria transferring huge Scud missiles into the hands of Hezbollah...which operates in southern Lebanon.

One of the more easily imaginable consequences is that a war in Lebanon could very quickly involve Syrian and Iranian participation. So the next question is: How might that play out?

Here Israel could conceivably reap certain advantages, which in turn calls into question whether Israel might not want a wider war over Lebanon after all. Today, Jerusalem's two supreme strategic objectives—preventing Tehran's nuclear bids from reaching fruition while also preventing any further deterioration in the relationship with Washington—are very far from being in synch. But in a scenario in which Israeli cities are hit by Hezbollah's Scuds, Israel would have ample justification and cover to strike back at the ultimate source of those missiles—not just Damascus, but Tehran. As Rahm Emanuel likes to say, a crisis can be a terrible thing to waste.

And that raises a final question: What does the Obama administration do? So far, it hasn't helped matters by giving the impression of a clear wedge between Israel and the U.S. Nor has the administration's assiduous courtship of Damascus done anything other than embolden Mr. Assad's taste for adventure. Is the president capable of learning from his Mideast failures so far? That one's worth $64,000.

In 1967, a series of seemingly minor events, tactical misjudgments, and particularly an Arab perception that the West would not honor its international commitments or come to Israel's defense triggered a war the consequences of which have defined the Middle East ever since. We are adrift in those same waters today.

See it here; http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704671904575194100405117846.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

As you can see in this article...anytime you have "Damascus", "Israel", "Jerusalem", "Iran", and "war", all in the same article...you HAVE to sit up and watch.

I wonder how many consecutive days that there has been an article concerning Israel or Jews, in the Wall Street Journal? There certainly is no LOGICAL reason for this attention....so it HAS to be supernatural.