With Bashar al-Assad ousted from Syria and the Syrian military in shambles, Israel took the opportunity to set back any possible hostile threat from any new government that could rise up to fill the void by striking air defense sites and weapon/equipment caches. But according to the tone of foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab on Monday’s CBS Mornings, Israel might as well be blowing up residential buildings and minivans.
He even mourned for a Russian-made Hind attack helicopter because it could be on a target list and destroyed soon (pictured above).
The pearl clutching nature of the report was obvious with co-anchor Nate Burleson’s opening spiel for the segment:
The Israeli military is continuing its barrage of Syrian military targets after the country’s long-time dictator was ousted. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes on weapons stockpiles, it…
