uffington,
Good point well made, I'm no navigator so accept your directions.
500N,
My point with regard to Israel relates to seeing the burning oil wells in Kuwait, every day for several weeks, as we ran our routes in to Kuwait. Saddam certainly had a "scorched earth" policy that I believe Assad may well share. Those types do tend to follow a particular mindset. I'm not too sure about Israel bombing Syrian Nuclear reactors, they certainly bombed the Iraqi facility at 'Osirak' ? I think in 1981. ISTR an Israeli raid on a facility in 2007 in Syria, that was rumoured to be a nuclear site, but the Israelis claimed it was a chemical site, back to square one maybe ? Anyway, I'm not claiming any vast strategic or tactical military knowledge. I know what I fear may happen, and wonder how its contained to a couple of air strikes.
Smudge