Israeli general says Assad should (pass) die...al qaeda not real threat!
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/18/us-syria-crisis-israel-idUSBRE98H09H20130918?rpc=401
 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could cling to power for years despite having lost overall control of his country, according to Israel's top commander on the frontier with Syria. Major-General Yair Golan's remarks, published on Wednesday in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, reflected debate in Israel over Assad's fate, 2-1/2 years into Syria's civil war, after a U.S.-Russian agreement to force him to give up his chemical weapons.

[[[["He will stay on for years. I don't see any force toppling him tomorrow morning - though he deserves to(DIE) pass from this world, and the quicker that happens, the better," Golan said.]]]]RELATIVE ENEMIES[[[["He can cause us damage, he can harass us greatly, but he cannot today wage a serious ground campaign against the State of Israel," Golan said]]]]].
Interviewed by the Jerusalem Post, ambassador Oren described Assad's defeat as welcome even if it were at the hands of al Qaeda-linked rebels more hostile to the Jewish state.
Agreeing, Golan warned against exaggerating the threat from the radical Sunni jihadis who Israel estimates make up around one in 10 of those fighting Assad - an Allawite who is closer to the rival Shi'ite Islam of Iran and Hezbollah[[[["The Global Jihad is a bad enemy, but it is a relatively primitive enemy that does not enjoy the backing of a regional power," Golan said, using Israel's term for al Qaeda affiliates.]]]]][[[[["The Syrian enemy, with Hezbollah and of course with a regional power like Iran in the background, is a far more dangerous enemy than elements of the Global Jihad."]]]]]Golan said military action would have a limited value as it would be impossible to know exactly how many civilians might be harmed or how much of the chemical stockpiles had been destroyed.''So if this deal ends up successful, and brings about a dismantling of the chemical weapons, it's an achievement."