"You're on your Own" - Barak: Israel ‘learned a lesson’ from global failure to stop Assad.

"You're on your Own" - Barak: Israel ‘learned a lesson’ from global failure to stop Assad.(TOI).he international credibility of the United States, and its vital interests around the world, require that it honors its commitment to thwart Iran’s nuclear drive, outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Barak said America’s own interests mean it must be able to say, “We stood behind our policy and blocked Iran.”
He said he didn’t envision Iran being halted via diplomacy, and that sanctions need to be “much more drastic.”
Barak also said the atrocities in Syria had underlined to Israel, when it weighs the risks of territorial compromise and other challenges, that it cannot rely on international assurances that the world will step in at times of crisis. “The air force of a state attacks the civilians of its own population, tanks are shooting… and the world doesn’t move.” Even facing “unspeakable atrocities,” there is no guarantee that there’ll be “enough unity of [international] purpose to translate it into action.
“For us, that’s a lesson,” he said. Our friends tell us, ‘Don’t worry,’ promise support in times of crisis, says defense minister, but events in Syria show there are no guarantees of international action.Read the full story here.