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Originally Posted by Boreas
Another scenario just occurred to me.
1. We could let the almost inevitably extremist government form itself in the wake of Assad's departure.
2. We then organize a strong international force in the Gulf and maybe even in Iraq to contain Iran.
3. We "green light" Israel to take out Syria.
4. At the first sign of a response from Iran we take them on as well.
This is exactly the sort of plan that PNAC would cream their jeans over.
John
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Perhaps, but somehow I just don't see all of that falling into place without some extremist element somewhere doing something boneheaded that turns the region into powder keg. With respect to 'green lighting' Israel there are other players in the region who may not see that as optimal.