Israeli official ‘in shock’ as Trump says Iran ‘can do what they want’ in Syria

[TomSea]

Israeli official ‘in shock’ as Trump says Iran ‘can do what they want’ in Syria
By TOI staff Today, 10:04 am 10 Edit

A senior Israeli official on Thursday reportedly criticized US President Donald Trump for appearing to give Iran free rein to further entrench militarily in Syria.

The US president, on Wednesday, said of Iranian forces in Syria: “They can do what they want there, frankly,” while suggesting Tehran was removing its troops from the country.

“It is sad that he is not attentive to intelligence materials,” the unnamed Israeli source said, according to a Thursday report by the Ynet news website.

Read more at: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-official-in-shock-as-trump-says-iran-can-do-what-they-want-in-syria/

Tell me about it.

[Fishrrman]

As much as I support the Israelis, Mr. Trump is right.

Syria is Israel's unfriendly neighbor.
It's THEIR job to handle the place.
They certainly have the ability to do so.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Israel is deliberately ignoring the context of the President's statement .... where he says Iran is a much weakened nation since he's pulled out of the Iran deal.  He pointed specifically to the sanctions and an economy imploding and the massive daily protests against the regime.  After this the President said let them stay in Syria AND FIGHT ISIS ....

Maybe BiBi can convince Brazil to send some troops to fight Iran.  After all according to him Israel now has an alliance with a "superpower" 

Netanyahu in Brazil: Israel is forming an alliance with a superpower
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Benjamin-Netanyahu/Netanyahu-in-Brazil-Forming-an-alliance-with-a-superpower-575708

[Right_in_Virginia]

Netanyahu: U.S. acting against Iran economically, Israel militarily
Jerusalem Post, Jan 3, 2019

During an address to cadets of the IDF’s officers course at a Bar-Ilan University symposium in honor of  IDF commando Emmanuel Moreno who was killed during the Second Lebanon War, Netanyahu said that Israel acts with determination against all those trying to endanger it.

“This is happening in Syria against Iran’s efforts to militarily entrench itself here,” he said. “This is also happening on the border with Lebanon.”

Trump, at the end of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, had said that Iran is “pulling people out of Syria, but they can do what they want there, frankly.” He said that Iran has suffered under the renewed sanctions imposed since he pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal in May.

“The biggest threat from Iran is the threat of nuclear weapons in the hands of a power that declares that we have to be wiped off the map,” Netanyahu said. “I insisted on a renewal of sanctions against Iran, and President Trump took the courageous decision to renew them.”

Trump, Netanyahu said, is acting against on Iran on the economic front, “and we, here in Israel, are acting against Iran on the military level.”

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-US-acting-against-Iran-economically-Israel-doing-so-militarily-576279