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European analyst: War is in its last days
A Middle East expert at a leading European think tank said Tuesday that the war in Iraq is in its last stage and that he does not think the US would target other countries in the region. Cheeze! This guy's really on top of it, isn't he? Thank God we have experts to tell us things like that! "I think that the war is in its last days. It is a matter of time that the dead body of Saddam Hussein is found," Michael Emerson, senior research fellow at the Brussels-based Centre for European Policy Studies, told IRNA. He noted that the Iraqi population at the moment are "not dancing but they are also not hostile and are passively receiving the US and British forces." Emerson said the Bathist leadership in Iraq has three choices now: to get killed, give themselves up, or hide. That about covers all the options. I guess they could just lie down and begin to rot, too... On post-war US plans for the region, Emerson said he did not think that the Americans are going to attack Iran or Syria. "They will be quite busy in establishing a new government in Iraq. I think it will be for quite some time, he said. He said that in today's meeting, Blair will be telling Bush "cool down buddy." No, we're not going to attack them. We're going to engage in a lengthy and intricate and very tedious diplomatic dance, on a dance floor that's much altered from the way it was before this war. Syria and Iran don't have to meet the 3rd Infantry Division. Nor does Soddy Arabia. But they've got to start remodeling their political houses â the Baathists become democrats, the ayatollahs introduce personal liberties. Basically, we demand surrender instead of war. We'll push China to deal with North Korea, Singapore and Malaysia to deal with Indonesia, and we're going to become a little less compromising with the Soddies. I dunno what we're going to do with Pakistan â probably trade it in on a dog and shoot the dog. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-08 |
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