Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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JPost: 'Syria building chemical weapons plant' - 'Syria has been conducting extensive construction work on a chemical weapons facility in the country's northwest, satellite images obtained by the defense analyst group Jane's reveal. The images of a chemical weapons facility identified as al-Safir were taken by several commercial sources from 2005 to 2008, the analyst group said...'
If Israel were to strike this plant, after having already destroyed a nuclear weapons facility in Syria, it would be a clear demonstration of the application of the doctrine of proportionality. That is, Israel will have used enough force to deal with evident threats, but obviously not enough to act as deterrent.
It would also be a good test of the O admin's ability to parse reality.
I smell an air strike or spec ops mission on the horizon. Not if, but when...