Now that the world appears good and tired of the old "the Iranians are months away from a nuclear weapon" gambit, the Prime Minister has found a new stick with which to beat the People of the Towel.
All that trouble just across the northern border? Well, the Iranians are behind it!
And not only that, but Hezbollah too!
In fact, Netanyahu trotted out the term "axis of evil" to describe this satanic Assad-Iran-Hezbollah combine.
This is not an entirely new line of argument of course. A year ago when hundreds of Syrian protesters breached the northern border he was quick to blame Iran too.
And in remarks liberally larded with words like "massacre" and "genocide" he implored the Nations of Virtue to swing into action.
Free those Syrian people from their evil tyrant, just like we did for the Libyans last year.
Quite aside from the question of how that's working out for Libya, is the greater question of who is really behind this Syrian Intifada.
It has been clear from the beginning that foreign interests have been funneling money, arms, and fighters into the country. Much of that support comes from the same ultra-conservative sources in Saudi Arabia who also fund al-Qaeda.
The West needs to think long and hard before handing another country to that crowd.
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