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2007-09-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Advisors to Assad pressuring him to respond with force'

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Boy, it must be hell, the pressure Baby Assad is under to 'kick some ass' from his advisors, and knowing a smart bomb could have his name on it (ie, yassin)! Plus, I don't think Mossad has actually signed the "No Assassination Doctrine" that President Ford put into law in the US, and Baby Assad knows this!!

Posted by smn 2007-09-13 01:19|| 2007-09-13 01:19|| Front Page Top

#2 claiming the Israeli jets escaped without hitting their target

But of course. And now Syria must "respond with force" because the Israelis missed their targets. The usual putrescent spinning of defeat into "victory".

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-13 04:31|| 2007-09-13 04:31|| Front Page Top

#3 I think NK is upset 'cause Syria hadn't paid fer the nuclear materials. Now that they're spread out over the landscape there is little reason for Syria to pay the bill.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2007-09-13 07:14|| 2007-09-13 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps the Norks provided the intel in the first place.

Posted by Perfesser 2007-09-13 10:58|| 2007-09-13 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Can't help but wonder why the ship(s) carrying the NK material didn't suffer an unexplained loss at sea rather than wait until the cargo was unloaded. Since NK's circle of friends do not include the civilized world, the ultimate destination woundn't have mattered much. And there ain't a lot of evidence that floats....so max deniability abounds.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-09-13 16:24|| 2007-09-13 16:24|| Front Page Top

#6 <homer> oh please please please please please please...10^6....please</homer>

That would be *so* funny. The Israelis have already shown they can fly over his country with impunity (and didn't they fly over his *palace* last year?), and he knows their stuff *works*, so he must be changing his undies on a regular basis. Guffaw!

Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-09-13 18:17|| 2007-09-13 18:17|| Front Page Top

#7 How come I have a mental image of his "advisors" sitting there with Assad:

Assad: What do you think we should do in light of the Joos incursion of our air space?

Advisor #1: Boss, you should respond with force.

Assad: But the Joos know where my summer palace is and can reach it w/o our radars barely going off.

Advisor #2: I know boss, but you gotta respond in force. I double-dog dare ya!

*snicker*

Posted by BA 2007-09-13 20:36|| 2007-09-13 20:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Iff it is proven true that NK did give nucmats to Syria [and possibly Iran], then NK has basically been caught lying about the details and peaceful purposes of its nuclear agenda, as NK is giving nucmats to Nations-Govts that suppor Terror groups.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-13 21:11|| 2007-09-13 21:11|| Front Page Top

#9 But what would happen next, JosephM?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-13 22:43|| 2007-09-13 22:43|| Front Page Top

#10 nucmats

Priceless.

But what would happen next,

We enter those rogue nations, sample their fissile refining facilities and obtain isotopic fingerprints that allow us to trace, track and identify those players who are responsible for proliferation or distribution to inimicable forces. Who ... incidentally perish in massive nuclear firestorms.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-13 22:57|| 2007-09-13 22:57|| Front Page Top

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