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2005-03-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-15 9:28:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But most importantly, the French are doing all of this very quietly, so as not to enrage any of the already irritated factions in the area.

Just for the hell of it, maybe U.S. officials could shine a nice, bright light on their activities, just to make things more difficult for the Phrench. After all, one good turn deserves another.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-15 10:16:22 AM|| 2005-03-15 10:16:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It's odd. The Americans are the one the Pro-Syrians want to leave Lebanon alone, but they don't seem to have any people to evacuate. Why do they want the Americans out of thier business, when they are not even there, the French are.

Posted by plainslow 2005-03-15 10:31:20 AM|| 2005-03-15 10:31:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 what matters is not how the Phrench get along with everybody, but what Hezbollahs' masters in Tehran and Damascus tell them to do. They'll be fighting the rest of the populace in a Leb civil war

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-15 10:56:35 AM|| 2005-03-15 10:56:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Cardinal Richelieu?

Posted by mojo 2005-03-15 12:46:05 PM|| 2005-03-15 12:46:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 To paraphrase Spider Man:
"Anything the French (ok, Doctor Doom) are doing is worth undoing."

Posted by Secret Master 2005-03-15 1:18:52 PM|| 2005-03-15 1:18:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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