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2005-02-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-16 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think it's about time the ties should snap.

I'm beginning to think it would save troops in the medium-long run if we were to topple Syria right now.

Posted by jackal 2005-02-16 12:22:25 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-02-16 12:22:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Right on jackal, although I think Syria will ~~collapse~~ acquiesce after the striking of the second leg of the 'Axis Of Evil' Iran! Syria will then 'understand' the extreme pressure Lybia came under to come clean! The US will be able to kill two birds with one stone, again with this one!

Posted by smn 2005-02-16 12:31:24 AM|| 2005-02-16 12:31:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Why go after Syria after Iraq, instead of before?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-16 1:25:36 AM|| 2005-02-16 1:25:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I know you meant Iran, TW

Posted by 2b 2005-02-16 6:27:45 AM|| 2005-02-16 6:27:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Thanks, 2b. At dark:30 in the morning my fingers don't type all that well ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-16 7:10:57 AM|| 2005-02-16 7:10:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Liberate Lebenon first.(1)It would be a litgitmate war of liberation(2)We would have direct access to the Becka Valley(3)Baby Ass backed further into a corner(4)Hizballah would get decimated(It would be good payback for our arines.

Posted by raptor 2005-02-16 7:15:32 AM|| 2005-02-16 7:15:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Plus, Syria would be just plain easier than Iran. We have this big army to the east. There is a nice coastline on the Med where we could feint (or maybe execute) a Marine landing. The Syrian military is no big shakes and the terrain is pretty easy (except Lebanon itself). Syria is not exactly "small" (about the size of Missouri), but it's a lot smaller than Iran.

And while I'm sure the State Dept. will veto the idea, there is another army to the southwest that might be helpful.

Posted by jackal 2005-02-16 8:29:10 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-02-16 8:29:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by 1233JEFF TROLL 2005-02-16 8:38:29 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:38:29 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by 1233JEFF TROLL 2005-02-16 8:49:50 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:49:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 1233JEFF: TURN OFF YOUR CAPS!

Posted by BA 2005-02-16 8:55:38 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:55:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 1233JEFF - WHERE ARE YOU?IF YOU TELL US WHERE YOU ARE WE CAN SEND HELP.

Posted by Bulldog 2005-02-16 8:56:55 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:56:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 A straight-jacket, net, and CAPS-unlock team is standing by.

Posted by Tom 2005-02-16 9:01:36 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:01:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Great. A screaming antisemite.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-02-16 9:06:27 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-02-16 9:06:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Calm down, Jeff. You need to remember that armour plating is no subsitute for good quality tin foil. How are things at Muscatine Power and Water this morning? Is Gary still running tech support? Maybe he can help you with your CAPS problem.

Posted by Steve 2005-02-16 9:10:16 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:10:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 ...and the interpunction. Now where I saw it before?

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-02-16 9:12:01 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:12:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 Oh jeeeez, Steve, Jeff's gonna pee in his pants right there at the water plant. You've basically nuked him with a cruise missile!

Posted by Tom 2005-02-16 9:14:09 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:14:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 Bullseye, heh.

Posted by Steve White 2005-02-16 9:32:37 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:32:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 TW - we are now in what is considered a "Central Position". That is, we can shift the bulk of our forces to crush one party or the other while holding the second front with minimal forces. Think Napoleon's first campaign in Northen Italy.
Why choose Syria? It appears the 'goods' on Syria are better for the formal "casus belli". Seems we turned up a lot of material at Fallujha that implicate the boys in Damascus. The geographical nature of Syria just in size makes it easier to finish faster. The Syrians, regardless, of our actions must keep forces committed to cover the Israelis even if the Israelis don't act. The opennes of the borders, while permitting the terrorist to come into Iraq, also have probably allowed Iraqi and Kurds to move the other direction to provide intel for us [think the French resisitance prior to D-Day].
I think the people at the top on our side are still hoping [no matter how unlikely] that the Iranian people will follow the model of the Romanians in cleaning the problem up themselves. By doing Syria first, they may be holding out that it will be the final straw to get them to act.

Posted by Uneagum Wheremp9442 2005-02-16 9:39:54 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:39:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 The Army of Steve see's all, knows all.

Posted by Steve 2005-02-16 9:55:38 AM|| 2005-02-16 9:55:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#20 I like Syria first - Baby Assad's got that "right for hanging from a lamppost" pencil neck

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-16 10:07:12 AM|| 2005-02-16 10:07:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#21 ANTIFADDA?

Posted by Seafarious 2005-02-16 10:17:38 AM|| 2005-02-16 10:17:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#22 All bow to the Army of Steve!

Muscatine Power and Water
Administration/Operations Center
3205 Cedar Street
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Phone (563) 263-2631
Fax (563) 262-3373

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2005-02-16 11:14:36 AM|| 2005-02-16 11:14:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#23 seems like "we" should be pointing this out to the FBI instead of just the power plant.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-16 11:24:42 AM|| 2005-02-16 11:24:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#24 Here's an interesting view from Roger Simon's blog:

"Thirdly, the brilliant maneuvers of the Army and Marine forces in Fallujah produced strategic surprise. The terrorists expected an attack from the south, and when we suddenly smashed into the heart of the city from the north, they panicked and ran, leaving behind a treasure trove of information, subsequently augmented by newly cooperative would-be martyrs. Above all, the intelligence from Fallujah - and I have this from military people recently returned from the city - documented in enormous detail the massive involvement of the governments of Syria and Iran in the terror war in Iraq. And the high proportion of Saudi "recruits" among the jihadists leaves little doubt that the folks in Riyadh are, at a minimum, not doing much to stop the flow of fanatical Wahhabis from the south."

I'd speculate that casus belli might be in the bag for whomever we decide to face off against whenever we're in the mood...

Posted by .com 2005-02-16 11:39:20 AM|| 2005-02-16 11:39:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#25 A pretty analysis UW, especially coupled with all the rest of this thread. (Except JEFF, poor darling. I think he's been hiding his meds under his tongue again. Either that, or he has nobody in Muscatine to talk to; his viewpoint isn't much appreciated in that part of the world, so I imagine he is a bit overexcited to discover people who actually know something about the new ideas he just discovered. You can tell by the spelling ("ARMOUR" -- like the hot dog company) that these are not terms that he is intimately familiar with, as the rest of his spelling is pretty good in an all-caps kind of way. One of BD's pseudo-intellectuals in the making, I think.) Thank you -- I feel smarter already.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-16 12:03:36 PM|| 2005-02-16 12:03:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by 1233JEFF 2005-02-16 8:38:29 AM|| 2005-02-16 8:38:29 AM|| Front Page Top

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