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| Hafez al-Assad. Taken sometime before April 1987. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Dear friends and colleagues,
The U.S., European
democracies, and Israel, see the Sunni jihadists in Syria as significant
and immediate threat to the future of Syria as a potential basis for
al-Qaeda and global jihadists. The West’s hesitation
to earnestly support the rebel forces and the U.S.-Russian deal for the
dismantling of the Syrian chemical arsenal, has actually given the
Assad regime a free hand to quell the disunited opposition forces. At
the same time, the West tends to ignore or minimize
the Syrian regime’s historical record of support for terrorist forces
in the region and beyond. In addition, they ignore the potential threat
of the various Shia forces involved in the conflict alongside the Assad
regime and strong support offered by Iran.
See my latest op-ed "In Syria: Assad may now be the greater evil," in the
Times of Israel at: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-syria-assad-may-now-be-the-greater-evil/
Best regards,
Ely Karmon, PhD
Senior Research Scholar
The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at
Herzlyia, Israel
Tel.: 972-9-9527277
Cell.: 972-52-2653306
Fax.: 972-9-9513073, 972-9-7716653
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