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2003-04-12 Syria-Lebanon

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-12 10:58 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Syria needs a good kick in the ass sometime soon just for attitude adjustment. Powell needs to summon the Syrian ambassador, keep him waiting a bit, and then privately advise him that any provocation or any further aid and comfort to our enemies will be met with a very harsh, very non-diplomatic response that will shock and awe Syrians in the capital.

Posted by Tom 2003-04-12 11:19:04|| 2003-04-12 11:19:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Does anyone else find ironic the bleats from various Arab dictatorships and one-party Islamic Fascist states:
"Let the Iraqi people decide their own government"?

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 11:29:53|| 2003-04-12 11:29:53|| Front Page Top

#3 A side benefit of the Syrian stoopidity lately is that they will ineveitably be forced to draw down a large chunck of their troops in Lebanon to defend the Baathist regime in Damascus. Israel will probably take the opportunity to smack down hezbollah, who, I noticed this week was still lobbing mortars and missiles across the border. Lebanon needs to break free from outsiders...

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-12 12:26:58|| 2003-04-12 12:26:58|| Front Page Top

#4 He wants the coalition forces out of Iraq, so he calls the UN? I guess when George & Tony won't take your calls, Kofi will do in a pinch. Not that we'll LISTEN to Kofi.....

Posted by Baba Yaga 2003-04-12 16:05:03|| 2003-04-12 16:05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Make sure no Iraqi oil flows in the two pipelines to Syria and see if they adjust their idle screw.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-12 16:44:46|| 2003-04-12 16:44:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Two words, sonny. Cambodia and Laos.

Posted by mojo 2003-04-12 16:50:43|| 2003-04-12 16:50:43|| Front Page Top

#7 He want our troops out of Iraq?

OK. We will move them West-NorthWest about 100 miles. And unlike Iraq, we have plenty of space to park the carriers off the coast, plenty of combat tested Marines to kick in the front door, and a large land route in from Iraq (screw turkey) for the 4th ID to test its new hi-tech toys, the Big Red 1 coming into theater with tons of heavy tanks, the 173rd Sky Soldiers to drop in for a surprise, along with the 101 and their helicopters. Not to mention a lot of very nice airfields in the region...

Posted by OldSpook 2003-04-12 19:15:39|| 2003-04-12 19:15:39|| Front Page Top

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