And why shouldn't they? They saw Hezbollah - at the time a member of the Lebanese government - commit an act of war. Then the saw the entire world rush in to (a) demand that Israel not go after the Lebanese government because for some reason it wasn't their fault (b) force Israel to fight under unrealistic conditions that enabled Hezbollah to use UN troops and Lebanese civilians as human shields and (c) then demand that Israel win under those conditions within a few weeks. So Syria has modernized its airforce with Russian help, made a show of coordinating with Iran for war, plainly declared that they're preparing for war, and - when none of that worked - bragged about defiling Israeli graves to give wanton insult. For those of you in the crowd who are either obtuse or professional diplomats, Syria is getting ready to attack Israel:

Seriously - why shouldn't they? They've seen that Israel can be attacked with impunity, and that the world will then rush to excuse the aggressor and blame the victim. For anyone to doubt that the vicious anti-Israel sentiment displayed in the UN is leading the region directly to war - that requires willful ignorance of an almost unimaginable scale.

References:
* Syria Modernizing Its Airforce With Russian Help - War With Israel On The Horizon [MR]
* This Summer's War With Syria, Iranian Coordination Edition [MR]
* This Summer's War With Syria - Syria Openly Brags About Preparing For War
* This Summer's War With Syria - Sucking Up To Dictators Doesn't Work Edition [MR]
* Israel's Military Intelligence Chief Warns of War This Summer [Newsmax]

Previously:
* Syria Enlists Santa Claus To Help Palestinians Kill Jews
* This Summer's War With Syria - Peace Deal Rumors Are Suspiciously Incoherent
* Syria is Hiding Weapons in Civilian Aid Convoys. Of Course They Are.

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit