This strategy has always resided at the back of my brain,one that is very real, makes very much sense.A leader like Assad under threat of losing it all and worse realizes there’s nothing to lose in taking enemies like Israel down with him in destructive nihilistic manner.
“realizes there’s nothing to lose in taking enemies like Israel down with him”
Making him a HERO in the eyes of his people, the Arab World, and the U.S. Mainstream Media.