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2005-02-25 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

UN sets April deadline for Syrian pullout

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-25 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Paris is so lovely in the Springtime.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-25 1:44:11 AM|| 2005-02-25 1:44:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 the sanctions will be that members of the assad family will be barred from the cote d'azur from april to september

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2005-02-25 2:09:25 AM|| 2005-02-25 2:09:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I love it when "Oh, yeah? You and what army?" has a back up.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-25 2:30:05 AM|| 2005-02-25 2:30:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The bad thing is W's making the UN relevant.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-02-25 2:30:37 AM|| 2005-02-25 2:30:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Ima sure that the UN will set all to rights. Heh. What is needed is a big MOAB right in the middle of the Syrian intelligence bunker, like OS says. Just a little hello to wake them up. Syria needs a wack. Not an occupation. Just a wack.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-25 2:59:23 AM|| 2005-02-25 2:59:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Pulling back to the Bekaa Valley,hmmm,favored hang-out of Hezbulla and friends.

Posted by raptor 2005-02-25 6:59:29 AM|| 2005-02-25 6:59:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Is the US doing the talking, than who cares what the UN says. They will sanction us, then most countries will deal with us behind the UN's back. After all Kofi and the son gotta make a living.
That would be my thoughts if I was in thier shoes.

Posted by plainslow 2005-02-25 8:07:14 AM|| 2005-02-25 8:07:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Uncle Sam could really humiliate the Syrians by cooperating with Lebanon's militias like he did with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, to drive Syria out of Lebanon. The only question is the aftermath - whether we want to deploy a division in Lebanon afterwards. The logistics should be a lot easier, given the Lebanon has quite a few ports with access to the Mediterranean Sea.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-25 10:11:19 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-25 10:11:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned Syria it must withdraw all its forces from Lebanon by April in the latest escalation of tension between the international community and Damascus.

And if Assad and Co. fail to meet this deadline, the consequences will be....................another resolution!

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-25 11:08:27 AM|| 2005-02-25 11:08:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 The Bekaa Valley is where Saddam's WMD are supposed to be buried. Remember the columns of trucks the satellites watched driving over the border in January, 2003?

Popcorn, anyone? I poured on extra butter...

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-25 12:04:05 PM|| 2005-02-25 12:04:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 The only question is the aftermath - whether we want to deploy a division in Lebanon afterwards

short answer - NO. Long answer - no, of course not, are you insane? It would save on metaphors though - instead of worrying if Iraq would become a Lebanon, we only have to worry that Lebanon become a Lebanon.

Much better to do this via sanctions, UN resolutions, etc, and have the UN, and yes, dammit, the French, alongside to help pick up the pieces.

Lets save our divisions for when we need them.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-02-25 4:48:17 PM|| 2005-02-25 4:48:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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