US as Israel's agent

Conservative columnist Robert Novak in the April 17 Chicago Sun-Times:

Israel wants strike on Syria while iron's hot
Coinciding with the Bush administration's tough talk about Syria, a senior Israeli official Monday exposed a smoking gun. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Tel Aviv newspaper Maariv: ''We have a long list of issues we are thinking of demanding of the Syrians, and it would be best done through the Americans.''