Imminent mistakes in Syria

[Sabra]

As a Middle East watcher, my heart breaks for the Syrian people. As a Jew, I have a huge problem with regime change in Syria. Basser Assad has no interest in Israel and has left it alone for years. Yet the day after the Sarin attack, 4 missiles were launched into Northern Israel from Lebanon. This is a common practice used to provoke Israel into military strikes to cover whatever horror the Arabs are perpetrating on their own. Iron Dome shot down one or two, and the others fell outside Israel. When I left Israel, the IDF was flying missions over Tyre.

It's another "Better the devil you know" situation for me. And THAT makes me feel just sick about myself, because I really do feel for the civilians in Syria. But the better Devil that I know inside myself tells me that regime change would only lead to a stronger presence of Islamic Extremists in control of Syria.