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2004-12-23 Iraq-Jordan

Iraq says has photos of Syrians with guerrillas

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Posted by Steve White 2004-12-23 12:04:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 cxlose the border - declare Syrians PNG and kill any you find. Simple. Effective. Oddly satisfying

Posted by Frank G 2004-12-23 8:48:16 AM|| 2004-12-23 8:48:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I cant understand why the US allows the Syrians to continue with these actions?

What are we waiting for? and WHY?

Posted by Threck Phuth7614 2004-12-23 9:27:58 AM|| 2004-12-23 9:27:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 don't know....but somebody(s) has the foot on the brakes. if the isrealis know where the hizbo's and hamas's are staying in damn-ass-cuss we know also.

it's pretty obvious we are being restrained, or are restraining ourselves. I dunno.

Posted by anymouse 2004-12-23 1:53:21 PM|| 2004-12-23 1:53:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 i don't understand why we've been so reserved with Syria and Iran. Atleast alittle more bite in our threats.

Posted by Floting Granter5118 2004-12-23 3:04:11 PM|| 2004-12-23 3:04:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 As I told my wife back in about 1995, we're going to have a time when we regret Bill Clinton's destruction of our military. The time is now. It's not hard to tear down a military unit, but it takes a LONG time to replace one. We had 18 Army divisions in 1992, now we have 9 1/2. It takes anywhere from two to three years to build a combat-ready division from scratch these days. Training is more intense, and the material we're starting with is less prepared. The only way to take on Syria or Iran right now is with nukes. It'll be at least another two years before we have enough combat troops to actually go in on the ground. Note that the number of troops in Iraq is going UP, not down.

My scenario would be to add five more Army divisions, another two or three Marine Expeditionary Units, and another four Air Force fighter-bomber wings. Once that's done, attack Syria with conventional arms, and nuke Riyadh. Iran will go ballistic, and we'll have the excuse to start lobbing in Tomahawk missiles. The destruction of Riyadh will cut off the oil money, send shock waves through the Arab world, and scare the bejesus out of Korea and China (one really dirty nuke on Aswan or the Three Gorges Dam, and how many people die?). It might even be a wake-up call for the tight-turbans in Sudan, but that's a stretch.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-12-23 3:46:45 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2004-12-23 3:46:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think OP has hit on it. We are kind of busy in Iraq and Afghanistan (plus Kosovo, Germany, South Korea,...). I don't know why the President hasn't asked Congress for an increase, nor why Congress hasn't done it by itself.

Personally, I'm hoping that once the elections are out of the way in Iraq, and they get some of their own troops going, we can scale back to 50K or so, then use the rest to clean up Syria (with Israel's help, perhaps?), then clear the decks for the heart of the problem: Iran.

OTOP, remember that this is the President who appointed Colin Powell, let the UN delay us and give Saddam those extra months, still talks about the road~~kill~~map, is going to give the Paleos a huge Zakat,...

Posted by jackal 2004-12-23 3:57:16 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-12-23 3:57:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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