Their support for Hezbollah. Right, Makes sense. And so they wanted to get rid of Assad as well. They [Israel] saw Iraq as a vehicle for not just taking down Saddam Hussein, but also as a way to get rid of Syria. rid of Syria. And basically, so Assad must go. The slogan that all of a sudden emerged out of nowhere, that was not like an organic American desire. (22:19–1:19:22)
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Asserts that Israel viewed the Iraq War as a means to address threats from both Iraq and Syria.
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