Sachs is generalizing the details for effect. Iraq has been a longtime enemy of Israel and Netanyahu probably just wanted that chess piece knocked over.
That sounds right, but it's still a dumb plan when you could use Iraq to keep Iran off balance, which is a much more dangerous threat. Syria is the more immediate threat, but the weaker one. Egypt was kind of the epitome of strong and immediate, so a peace deal was an imperative long ago.
Sachs is generalizing the details for effect. Iraq has been a longtime enemy of Israel and Netanyahu probably just wanted that chess piece knocked over.
That sounds right, but it's still a dumb plan when you could use Iraq to keep Iran off balance, which is a much more dangerous threat. Syria is the more immediate threat, but the weaker one. Egypt was kind of the epitome of strong and immediate, so a peace deal was an imperative long ago.