Israel can shape its strategic environment, in cooperation with Turkey and Jordan, by weakening, containing, and even rolling back Syria. This effort can focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions.

Richard Perle (Jewish political advisor) A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, 1996 (Perle was an architect of the Iraq War)