 US President George W. Bush gave Syria a fresh warning yesterday, calling on Damascus to pull its intelligence services out of Lebanon.
Bush said he was "disturbed" by reports of Syrian intelligence personnel in Lebanon.
"Yeah. I'm very disturbed. Who'da ever thunkit?"
"Cheeze, Mr. President, you crack me up!" |
"Our message to Syria — and it's not just the message of the United States; the United Nations has said the same thing — is that in order for Lebanon to be free," Syria needs to "not only remove their military, but to remove intelligence officers as well."
| Among civilized countries, intelligence officers usually collect intelligence. The guys they're talking about here aren't from civilized countries; they're more along the lines of secret police. It's kind of insulting to term them "intelligence officers." |
Earlier, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the White House was "deeply concerned about Syria's interference and intimidation inside Lebanon. "Syria needs to comply fully with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559. That means getting all their intelligence operatives out of Lebanon," he added. "We are concerned that those intelligence operatives are interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs. We have all called on the United Nations to send the verification teams back to Lebanon," McClellan said, noting that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "looking at this course of action." |