Israeli calculations in Syria

""The model that Israel had been using, the predictions we had been making, were based on far more defections from the Assad regime, and more fighting prowess and organization from the rebels," said one Israeli military official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because of Israel's strict military censorship laws." "If Syria is going to fight, and if they are going to fight with deadly weapons, better they busy themselves fighting each other than fighting us.""