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2004-03-07 | ||
A senior adviser to President Hosni Mubarak said yesterday he doubted the United States would take any action against Syria beyond making threats and applying pressure, the official news agency MENA reported. Presidential adviser Osama El-Baz spoke in MENA in Paris, where Mubarak had talks on Friday with President Jacques Chirac. âIt may be a matter of going to the limits in making threats, because Syria cannot be accused of the same charges made against Iraq,â said Baz, who has been among the top foreign policy decision-makers in Egypt since the 1970s. âAs far as Syria is concerned, itâs a question of practicing pressure,â he added. â Baz ruled out any serious American inclination to carry out any action against Syria,â MENA reported.
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Posted by:Fred |
#15 No, we probably won't invade. But that doesn't mean we can't kill anything that moves along the border without 12 hours advance notice. |
Posted by: mojo 2004-3-7 4:35:14 PM |
#14 Hmmm... I don't know whether I'm underestimating Bush or not, and I'm certainly not a Donk: I'm just trying to maintain a clear mental distinction between what I actually know and what I can only suspect (or hope for, as in the matter of getting physical with Syria and Iran). Speaking of getting physical, I'm not sure just how much Bush can do without additional Congressional authorization; I suspect, not too much. And it may be that we won't see anything more until after the election, when (I dearly hope) a larger Republican majority will pave the way for Bush getting authorization to kick some more ass. |
Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-7 2:52:59 PM |
#13 do the Donks drink a special "Misunderestimate" water or something? Or is it some kind of a disease? It's a hereditary defect. In some places it's called "stupidity", in others, it's called "duckassitis". It's deadly if untreated. Unfortunately, Donks tend to avoid the treatment about the same way Nigerian Muslims avoid innoculations. It requires reading, listening, and thinking - the last of which is most important, and least done. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-7 1:21:03 PM |
#12 do the Donks drink a special "Misunderestimate" water or something? Or is it some kind of a disease? It's a hereditary defect. In some places it's called "stupidity", in others, it's called "duckassitis". It's deadly if untreated. Unfortunately, Donks tend to avoid the treatment about the same way Nigerian Muslims avoid innoculations. It requires reading, listening, and thinking - the last of which is most important, and least done. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-7 1:21:02 PM |
#11 The other thing Assad and the Mullahs ought to be worried about is that, if Bush does lose, he's got about 10 weeks (from the election to the inauguration) free use of the world's most devastating military arsenal, with no political consequences to worry about. "Adios, muchachos!." |
Posted by: Matt 2004-3-7 12:43:28 PM |
#10 Mr. Davis, agree completely, but please get your language right. That's misunderestimate Bush. :-p Speaking of which, do the Donks drink a special "Misunderestimate" water or something? Or is it some kind of a disease? |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-3-7 12:08:29 PM |
#9 Now you are starting to underestimate Bush. A great deal has been accomplished in the last two years. Osama is the target this spring. This summer, we turn over control to an Iraqi government. The fall is the election. The winter is the strategy setting for the next four years. Spring '05, you may like what happens. But a lot of it will happen without knocking heads. |
Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-7 10:25:50 AM |
#8 "I'm assuming that the Bush onslaught will start in the summer, and on November 4th, baby Assad and the Mullahs break out in a cold sweat."And if the gloves don't come off regarding Syria and Iran immediately after the election, it is we who should be breaking out in a cold sweat. After our initial boldness, we seem to have sunk into an increasing timidity- and it's got me worried. This "Arab Democracy Initiative" is a noble undertaking, certainly, but I had always considered that our major purpose in being in Iraq was to be in a position to apply real, palpable pressure to the chief sources of the terrorist problem: Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran. And I don't see very many signs that we are actually doing that. |
Posted by: Dave D. 2004-3-7 9:29:04 AM |
#7 Good grief - not the brightest of buttons are they. I think it is imperative that GWB wins in November, and have been keeping an eye on the Democratic selection process (which was ... interesting). I'm assuming that the Bush onslaught will start in the summer, and on November 4th, baby Assad and the Mullahs break out in a cold sweat. |
Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-3-7 7:23:20 AM |
#6 i hope assad is constantly visiting his proctoligist because if bush wins in 2004 his asshole will be opening wider in fear than the tigris-euphrates valley |
Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-3-7 4:54:11 AM |
#5 Won't be the first guy to underestimate W. Or the last. |
Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-7 1:45:56 AM |
#4 Bush is constantly on their minds..... Everytime any of 'em sit down to eat a meal....or go to bed....or take a shit, there's a thought in the back of their mind about how they are a target, and could be HIT at any moment. I know if I were assad or any of those idiots, I'd be scared to death all the time. If they're wanted, and they're seen, they're dead! And they know it. |
Posted by: Danny 2004-3-7 1:24:29 AM |
#3 Better yet: A 'Jurrasic Park' type theme park with tons of burned out T-72s, broken statues of maximum leaders, demonstrating the ultimate result of socialist policies. We could call it 'YerAss Sick Park.' |
Posted by: badanov 2004-3-7 12:36:02 AM |
#2 OK, so because of the problems in Iraq, he doesn't think we'll be doing anything about the fact that they're causing the problems in Iraq? |
Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-3-7 12:34:51 AM |
#1 I think the Bekkaa Valley would be an excellent location for a Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and BJ's in the middle of a HUGE parking lot! |
Posted by: Jack Deth 2004-3-7 12:15:32 AM |