Israel Furious at Obama for Outing Syria Strike; "Such behavior was "scandalous...""

[Purveyor]

Israeli officials were incredulous on Sunday that the Obama White House had once again spilled the beans about a discrete Israeli military operation in Syira.

Last Wednesday, a military base on Syria's Mediterranean coast that was housing advanced missile systems was destroyed in a sudden attack from the sea.

A day later, an unnamed American official casually revealed to CNN that Israel had indeed been behind the attack, and that the target had been missiles earmarked for delivery to Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia.

The leak "came directly from the White House," reported Israel's Channel 2 News, which noted this was not the first time the Obama Administration had "outed" secretive Israeli military actions.

Such behavior was "scandalous," especially coming from Israel's top ally, an infuriated Israeli official told Channel 10 News.

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[1000words]

1. Getting harder and harder to take Israel seriously anymore

[bluestate10]

2. The USA must protect IT'S interests. There is a chance to wind down the war in Syria

if everyone keeps their head. Israel launching attacks doesn't help USA interests at all.

[PCIntern]

4. So when these rockets would have fallen onto Israel

I can only imagine all the posts here decrying Israel 'playing the victim' once again. Some nerve of them, attempting to forestall an attack from a sworn enemy.

Interdiction does work: that is one of the reasons that you don't see post-Sabbath cafe bombings anymore.

[GeorgeGist]

5. Sneak attacks are laudatory?