Doesn't make sense to me, but the israeli's seem to be supporting US action.
strange ... have not read anything along that line. I’ll go look around, a bit.
if the Israelis are supporting anything it is to take out known stockpiles so our al Qaeda allies don’t inherit them when the West hurries up and deposes Assad
If you had a bad-blood feud in your neighborhood, and shaded word put on the street could instigate a rival power to hit their gang associates, would it be worth the gamble? If your avowed enemy then joins the fight, distracted or otherwise committed, can you maim them from the sidelines yet deflect their blows?