Reviewing news from SANA (and a few Western sources), I noticed that Syria has lodged a complaint at the UN for the Israeli violation of airspace. Curiously, that happened about six days after the incident, leading me to wonder why? Especially in light of recent revelations that it might be because of Syria’s alleged nuclear program. That to me would signal a big-time confrontation between Syria and Israel (which only now seems to be forming). But that still doesn’t really explain why the six day delay. The only reason I can think of is that Syria had no idea what specifically was targeted or the extent of the strikes. But I wouldn’t fall for that. There’s no way any government can be that oblivious.

Of course the qeustion of why the delay is probably not the important one to be asking right now. I’m personally more interested in finding out where this is leading, especially in light of speculation beginning in the spring/summer that Syria and Israel were inching towards a war (or that it was only a matter of time before it happened).