Friday Pussy Puzzle

Sometime the apparent is just that but we know in war the truth is always the first casualty. Such may be the case of Israel bombing targets inside Syria. But I suspect Syria actually did tell the truth when it reported a military research facility being bombed on Wednesday. I like puzzles and digging for the truth. But sometimes it's not easy when information gets cast down the black whole of the news cycle. I have a memory for obscure details. Now if I could just remember where I left my coffee cup two minutes ago I'd have it made.

What happened in Syria on Wednesday I believe was well planned. That's how the Israelis work. They do nothing without spending much time gathering the right intel and mapping out a precise operation. It's why they tend to be successful nearly every time and when they aren't there's always a good cover up. There's been two or three stories to what happened on Wednesday but only one is accurate. So we go back a few months and look at the events. The timing of all this was incredible. In November our secretary of state is called to leave a meeting in Cambodia with the president to fly to the middle east to deal with the Israeli Palestinian issue. At that time Israel was bombing Palestine with 100 palestinians dead. Interesting to note that at the same time in Syria they were having 100 dead per day. We know that the Israeli elections were coming up soon and the Israeli people were becoming more concerned with day to day life and not about some war mongering leader. They also weren't too thrilled with having to dodge incoming Palestinian missiles. So I'd bet that some other things were discussed between Clinton and Netanyahu.

Now we know Israel is not about to go after the nuclear facilities in Iran. That would be a fools' game. But with so much blood shed in Syria at the time and the U.S. being unable to help other than paid mercenary assistance which is very limited at best, it was easier to let the Israelis do part of the job. We were after all concerned about chemical weapons that Assad might use. But would he? That's doubtful. Even his own troops wouldn't be that stupid. This is an urban setting they're fighting in over there and it's a safe bet that their use would make for more problems. Remember this fight or should we say slaughter involves not just the Syrian army but several other groups that back Assad. Wouldn't want to wipe out your supporters now would you?

You must admit that the timing of the operation by the Israelis was near perfect. Assad's troops were busy fighting in Allepo, the weather there was bad and there were a few other diversions. One has to wonder about Lebanese air defenses and those of the Syrians as well. A strike at just the right time? Or did someone allow this to happen? We may never know but it sure makes for an interesting puzzle.


Bank fails later as usual.  
UPDATE: No bank fails this week