If it is hard to see how Baathist Iraq posed any real threat to Israel, it is not so difficult to see a menace in the current instability.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	4:mark	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	4:expl	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	4:cop	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	advcl	21:advcl:if	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	6:mark	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	4:csubj	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	10:advmod	_
8	Baathist	Baathist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	Iraq	Iraq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	10:nsubj	_
10	posed	pose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	csubj	6:csubj	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	_	13	det	13:det	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	13:amod	_
13	threat	threat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
15	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	13:nmod:to	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	expl	21:expl	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	21:cop	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	_	21	advmod	21:advmod	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	21:advmod	_
21	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	0:root	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	23:mark	_
23	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	csubj	21:csubj	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	25:det	_
25	menace	menace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	23:obj	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	29:case	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	_
28	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	29:amod	_
29	instability	instability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	23:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
