relevance of the country. what is the united states relationship with sib yeah and what is syria s relevance to saudi arabia, iran, israel and the other known interests from an american perspective? well, the syrian regime is, i guess you could say an irritant, of course, to the united states and to israel. but the real virtue of the regime is in the predictability and i don t think the u.s. or israel is prepared for the fallout of regime change and why you see a lot of curious moves, you know, even with the sanctions that the u.s. passeded today to show that the u.s. is condemning the actions of the regime and there is an interest to not push the regime to the edge for good reason. that could produce a lot of instability, not only in places like iraq and turkey, next door in lebanon, but there are also why? connect the dots there quickly. why would a regime change in syria we sip tate the sort of