Does Syria really want to get its ass kicked again?
What’s in it for Israel? If they defeat Syria, they just have a lot more whining Arabs on their hands in territory the world won’t let them claim.
Yes they do. But this time they have goodies (Saadam’s weapons and Iranian guns out the kazoo) worth collecting afterwards.
Of course it does. Remember when we toppled Saddam Hussein, Bashar al-Assad immediately said that he was the new Arab leader? He might as well have held up a sign saying, "Come and get me next!"