A scary post up at TPM. Well worth a read. If all you ever read were the Cliff's Notes, here's the important bit:

But there are persistent signs that the US is egging Israel on to bring the war to Damascus.

Here's a clip from the end of an article today in the Jerusalem Post ...

[Israeli]Defense officials told the Post last week that
they were receiving indications from the United States that the US
would be interested in seeing Israel attack Syria.