Anyone besides me remember this quote from Alon Pinkus, former Israeli consul general in New York, more or less stating the Israeli position on Syria in 2013?
“This is a playoff situation in which you need both teams to lose, but at least you don’t want one to win — we’ll settle for a tie…Let them both bleed, hemorrhage to death: that’s the strategic thinking here. As long as this lingers, there’s no real threat from Syria.”
Mission accomplished.