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| Syria's Support of the Resistance in Lebanon Is Part of a Crucial Defensive Strategy |
| 2009-10-24 |
| The Al-Quds Al-Arabi article states: "Sukariyya is certain that Israel cannot possibly agree to peace, and this is for objective reasons, the most important of which is that peace would prevent it from launching preemptive military strikes, at which it has excelled for decades, and whose purpose has always been to crush the resistance and generate crises. Moreover, if Israel enters the peace process as a small state in its present boundaries, it will forever be a hostage in the hands of the U.S. Therefore, the Israelis want peace, but [only] after they [attain their goal of] the 'greater Israel' -- because in its present dimensions, Israel cannot ensure its safety... "[As for] Syria, Sukariyya says that it wants peace [too], but as part of [a general] Arab [agreement] and not in a separate framework. He adds that the understandings recently [reached] by Syria and Saudi Arabia will help to prevent normalization between the Arab world and Israel. [According to him,] Syria's rallying to the support of the resistance in Lebanon, and [its] occasional [attempts] to direct the activity [of the resistance], [are part of] a defensive strategy which is crucial for Syria, while Syria's stance on normalization [with Israel], on the [Arab peace] initiative, on the negotiations [with Israel], and even on peace are [only] tactical bargaining chips. Since, for obvious reasons, Syria cannot [conduct] a confrontation through direct resistance, it has opened [its] border with Iraq to all the resistance fighters of Al-Qaeda, even though it does not share their ideology. [As for Hizbullah, Syria] supports it because it is the only resistance [force] that is present in Lebanon, in the area closest to Israel..." |
| Posted by:Fred |