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2005-01-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2005-01-12 9:42:08 AM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yeah, that wiolence has a tendency to spread. West.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-12 9:50:19 AM|| 2005-01-12 9:50:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 everybody now....'Cause wishing and hoping and thinking and praying - Planning and dreaming the bombing won't start'

Posted by 2b 2005-01-12 10:04:00 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:04:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 not a target but also not going to stop the activities causing them to be a target? Sounds like he doesn't understand opur relationship and cause=>effect thang...typically arab

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-12 10:07:25 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:07:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Remember the Debka version of this? The US will send incursions into Syria, but *not* to fight the Syrians. Now if the Syrians wish to fight with the US visitors, *then* it would be a Syrian-US fight. But if the Syrians would just prefer to ignore the US arresting and killing Iraqi Baathist ex-leaders, well, far be it from the US to bother them at all. Peaceful coexistence and shit.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-01-12 10:22:42 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:22:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Um, I'll rule it out when the US ambassador denies it out... maybe. The Syrians really don't have a say in it, other than to make their home-grown a**holes cut it out.

Posted by BH 2005-01-12 10:24:09 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:24:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 How very nice of the SYRIAN ambassador to rule it out.

I think there are some Generals, a SecDef, National Security Advisor and a President who have much more of a say in this.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just whistling past the graveyard. Funny that he said "invasion" - I don't think I've seen that word used by any US Official regards Syria, ever.

Posted by .com 2005-01-12 10:26:33 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:26:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Translated this means: "The Syrian ambassador and other diaper heads are shitting in their collective pants" hoping we will not turn our eyes on their terrorist-supporting asses. Don't underestimate the American people dip wad. We may decide to just bomb Syria into oblivion rather than expend good troops on scum. Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be this subtle.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-12 10:32:08 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:32:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "Syria is equally worried and deeply concerned about mounting violence in Iraq," he said.

An absolutely odorous, steamy, pile of male bovine feces.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-12 10:52:33 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:52:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 How many personnel qualifies as an "invasion?"

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-12 11:04:40 AM|| 2005-01-12 11:04:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 How many personnel qualifies as an "invasion?"

Well, if they come in tanks four abreast, with American flags flying and and the national anthem playing, that might count. But if the border guards don't notice, why should we?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-12 1:07:42 PM|| 2005-01-12 1:07:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 T.W. Good one.Syrians are going to be "blind".
Face saving,and all.

Posted by crazyhorse 2005-01-12 1:23:20 PM|| 2005-01-12 1:23:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The thing to remember, Imad, is that in Iraq we're interested in creating a democracy as an ally in the further rationalization of the area.

Syria, however, we don't need in that role. Which means that if we simply bomb you back into the stone age (which we're capable of doing without much trouble) and let the Israelis pacify Lebbanon, it's all good as far as we're concerned.

Sleep tight...

Posted by mojo 2005-01-12 1:41:24 PM|| 2005-01-12 1:41:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Didn't Saddam rule out "a military confrontation with the United States" at some point too? Yeah, THAT stopped us!

I've got a list around here somewhere that lays out what THEY need to do in order to get US to "rule it out".

Then again, maybe what they're saying is that they've ruled out sending the VAST Syrian Navy steaming into NY Harbor to demand our surrender..for now! Dammit, I can't figure it out, just bomb 'em!

Posted by Justrand 2005-01-12 2:02:56 PM|| 2005-01-12 2:02:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 VAST Syrian Navy steaming into NY harbor to the sounds of the Village People.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-01-12 2:30:06 PM|| 2005-01-12 2:30:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 How very nice of the SYRIAN ambassador to rule it out.

I think there are some Generals, a SecDef, National Security Advisor and a President who have much more of a say in this.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| 2005-01-12 10:25:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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