[teflon9]

Unless Assad has a death wish for himself and his nation, he won’t start trouble with Israel. His worn-out military can’t put down an internal rebellion; it wouldn’t last 12 hours against Israel. But the Syrian rebels are another story. If Israel is provoked into clobbering Assad’s military, all the better for the rebels.

[lbryce]

Silly man. Don't you know Syria has the largest supply of biological weapons on Earth? They recently tested the weapons systems launching the rockets for two reasons
1. To scare the bejeebees out of everyone letting them know they're testing the rockets for eventual launch
2. To test it for themselves to see if they actually work