Prisoners of ideology? IDF goal if attacked by Syria is to prepare for
negotiations
Dr. Aaron Lerner 17 February 2007

"In all the IDF's war games, exercises and simulations, which presuppose
thousands of Israeli casualties in a clash with Syria, the aim of the war is
defined in identical terms: to arrive at negotiations with Damascus "from an
advantageous position." "

Ready to pay the price
By Amir Oren Haaretz 16 February 2007
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/826609.html

Hope about an alternative: aim of war is to convince the Syrians not to
attack again.