Alexblx @Alexblx "#Iran has poured a vast array of resources into #Syria - as #Assadfalters - it is becoming #Iran's Achilles' heel"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/to-weaken-iran-start-with-syria.html … Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More Iran's Achilles' Heel By EFRAIM HALEVY Published: February 7, 2012 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE Jerusalem Related News Stung by Criticism, Russia Sends Envoys to Syria to Defuse Crisis(February 8, 2012) Times Topic: Syria — Protests (2011–) THE public debate in America and Israel these days is focused obsessively on whether to attack Iran in order to halt its nuclear weapons ambitions; hardly any attention is being paid to how events in Syria could result in a strategic debacle for the Iranian government. Iran's foothold in Syria enables the mullahs in Tehran to pursue their reckless and violent regional policies — and its presence there must be ended. Ensuring that Iran is evicted from its regional hub in Damascus would cut off Iran's access to its proxies (Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza) and visibly dent its domestic and international prestige, possibly forcing a hemorrhaging regime in Tehran to suspend its nuclear policies. This would be a safer and more rewarding option than the military one. As President Bashar al-Assad's government falters, Syria is becoming Iran's Achilles' heel. Iran has poured a vast array of resources into the country. There are Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps encampments and Iranian weapons and advisers throughout Syria. And Iranian-controlled Hezbollah forces from Lebanon have joined in butchering the Syrians who have risen up against Mr. Assad. Iran is intent on assuring its hold over the country regardless of what happens to Mr. Assad — and Israel and the West must prevent this at all...
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