January 13, 2005

US/Israel Want Continued 'Military Gap'

File under 'no sh*t, Sherlock'. Of course, al Jazeera spins the obvious into a Zionist conspiracy.

The United States and Israel are perpetuating the military gap between Israel and Syria by controlling the balance of power, a Syrian analyst has said.

Following reports the US and Israel were trying to prevent Russia from selling SS-26 Iskander missiles with the ability to hit any target in Israel to Syria, Imad Fawzi al-Shuaybi, a Syrian political analyst, told Aljazeera on Thursday, "This is not the first time Israel and the United States, individually or jointly, have interfered to halt Syrian defence plans.

"Imbalance of powers deprives Syria from its right to possess defensive weapons."

Al-Shuaybi added: "What the US and Israeli want is to maintain a big military gap between Israel and Syria in order to create an illusion of a possibility of imposing a peace settlement."

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 08:21 AM | |