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2004-03-03

Syria may give up WMD to cement political ties to EU

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Posted by anon 2004-03-03 3:29:54 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Compliance monitoring by the UN will certainly make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Mebbe Blix can augment his country estate in Provence, complete with lifetime supply of Belgian chocolates and Russian caviar, with, uh, um, hmmm... WTF can Syria offer him in exchange for a favorable WMD report? A bunker in Beirut?

Posted by .com 2004-3-3 4:07:35 PM|| 2004-3-3 4:07:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure that Syria is hurting. Sammy's spigot dried up. They have overpumped their oil fields, despite the best advice, so their production is down. They are running out of friends, except for France, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. So they are like the NORKS visit to Libya---got a hit from the ClueBat, fired a few neurons and are starting to see the handwriting on the wall. As long as Britain keeps an eye on the deal, this chain of events could turn into a good thing.

Syria still needs to unload themselves of scum like Hezb'allah before they can really exit the gutter. Unfortunately, the powers that be are still Ba'athists. Too many old guard types imbedded in the govt.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-3 4:32:36 PM|| 2004-3-3 4:32:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 hmm..I just must be a really cynical person. I was thinking that it was a very clever move on their part. The Eurotrashweenies and the UN lost their really good contracts when Sadaam found our boot up his hind end and I'm sure they would not mind a few good oil contracts from Syria, which will be in a willing mood no matter how overpumped they are.

And now we can start the whole Iraq charade all over again. Syria will agree to comply, the UN will say they are making progress and the Eurotrash squealing like stuck pigs when we try to go in and continue the fight on the war on terror. I'm disappointed in Blair.

Posted by B 2004-3-3 6:05:04 PM|| 2004-3-3 6:05:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The play for Syria is the diplomatic bragging rights the EU might be able to waive over The Cowboy in Washington. "See how our nuanced multilateral process works?"

Anything they can do to embarass GW is bonus points to ~~Herman Munster~~Kerry, redeemable when he gets elected. "See how our nuanced multilateral process works?"

Ironic in that the play would not even exist if were not for the current American tour de force in Iraq.

Posted by john 2004-3-3 7:10:14 PM|| 2004-3-3 7:10:14 PM|| Front Page Top

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