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More Lessons from the U.S. Withdrawal in Syria
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - The U.S. decision to remove its troops from northern Syria must be seen within the context of the Iranian-backed attacks last month on the Saudi oil facilities, and the deafening lack of an American response. This is driving home to Israel's strategic planners that while the U.S. under a very friendly administration will support Israel at the UN; while it will offer assistance with aid for weapons; and while it will give it moral backing and defend it against international pressure - when it comes to the use of force, Israel must be willing and ready to defend itself by itself. There was a long-held idea that in the Middle East, there were things that the Americans would simply take care of. That may have been true once, but not lately. The Saudi and now Kurdish experience shouts: "Maybe yes, maybe no, but Israel cannot rely on this."