Despite my fellow FReepers having already mined this vein of potential Sand Savage behavioral humor, I can’t resist noting that “....to make a parking lot for Syrian army tanks....”is equivalent to providing the Israeli military with a barrel full of tanks.
After all, the Mid East is a dry habitat and the usual and customary ‘barrel of fish’ would be hard come by.
I think it’s to prevent Lebanese refugees from entering Syria once the shooting starts.