EFTA00701752.txt

"He is the founder, chief intelligence officer, financial overseer, and CEO of the private intelligence corporation Stratfor"

"Hizballah, Syria's longtime ally"

"The U.S. invasion of Iraq ended Sunni minority rule"

"the Golan, occupied by Israel since the 1967 war"

"The Russians made a much larger commitment, providing material and political support to the al Assad regime"

"The Chinese primarily provided political cover... and provided trade opportunities for Iran"

"Israel had maintained a clear understanding with the al Assad regime. If the al Assad regime restrained Hezbollah, Israel would have no objection to a"

"The arming and funding of the rebels is being undertaken primarily by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey."

"The arming and funding of the rebels is being undertaken primarily by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey."

"The arming and funding of the rebels is being undertaken primarily by U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey."

"President Obama on Monday warned Assad that he would be "held accountable" should those weapons be used."

"Syria and its Iranian ally are once again under imminent threat"

"he allowed them to remain as gruesome and deplorable as ever... Physical repression became routine"

"Led by the Pentagon's Paul Wolfowitz"

"Obama himself affirmed his commitment to Israel"

"Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen... issued broadsides against Obama's relationship with Israel"

"Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell both issued broadsides against Obama's relationship with Israel"

"Mark Mellman, one of three authors of the report"

"He has delivered critical speeches to pro-Israel advocacy groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee"

"He has delivered critical speeches to pro-Israel advocacy groups such as... the Republican Jewish Coalition"

"Dan Senor, an adviser to the Bush administration"

"their attempt 30 years ago to topple Syria's secular Ba`thist regime by a campaign of terror was crushed by Hafiz al-Asad"

"Tevi Troy, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a Romney adviser"

"Robert Gibbs, a senior adviser to the Obama campaign"

"Colin Kahl, former deputy assistant Defense secretary for the Middle East"

"Mitt Romney... will make the biggest overture possible to the American Jewish community when he arrives in Israel on Sunday"

"Mr. Romney, who plans to visit Israel this week as well as Britain and Poland"

"Mr. Romney, who plans to visit Israel this week as well as Britain and Poland"

"NYT Syria Is Iraq Thomas L. Friedman"

"Stratfor Consequences of the Fall of Syrian Regime George Friedman"

"TIME Five Syria Nightmares Tony Karon"

"Agence Global The Destruction of Syria Patrick Seale"

"Project Syndicate How the West Was Re-Won Dominique Moisi"

"Iran had supplied trainers, special operations troops, supplies and money to sustain the regime"

"Lebanon, where Hezbollah is an Iranian ally"

"Russia, China and Iran have supported it"

"Turkey is the only regional power that can challenge Iran militarily... Turkey will begin moving into a position of balancing Iran for its own interes"

"The Chinese primarily provided political cover, keeping the Russians from having to operate alone diplomatically"

"The U.S. has deployed the CIA to southern Turkey to vet rebel groups receiving outside military assistance"

"Hizballah being weakened by the loss of its Syrian patron and arms supplier"

"Hamas broke with Assad and left town last year"

"Relations between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are obviously tense"

"Russia, China and Iran have supported it... The Russians opposed the West's calls to intervene"

"Russia, China and Iran have supported it"

"professor at Institute d'Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris"

"Dominique Moisi is the founder of the French Institute of International Affairs (IFRI)"

"The Atlantic Mitt Romney's Trip to Israel... Beth Reinhard"