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2007-08-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Sherry 2007-08-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Road to war > Dubya entrenchin', Moud escalatin'. Sniff, sniff, and to think it only took 40 yarns. Next move is Moud's becuz Dubya isn't stopping.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-15 04:47|| 2007-08-15 04:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Roger Simon smells what the Washington Compost is cooking.

What interests me here is how the article came to be. The prose is sprinkled with the usual journo-blather: "according to US officials... sources said... analysts said," etc. But which officials and which sources and which analysts, nadie sabe. Meaning, I write what I want to write. Or perhaps I should say I Wright what I Wright. That's not to say this is wrong or it's not happening but my best guess is that someone at the State Department leaked this to the reporter because he/she knew the reporter would be cooperative,be the right mouthpiece. And he/she was correct. That's modern journalism. Or perhaps more accurately, "Scoop" lives.

Posted by doc 2007-08-15 06:52|| 2007-08-15 06:52|| Front Page Top

#3 This might have taken a long time to announce, because the IRGC has lots of international resources and connections, and you want maximum effect by closing down as many as possible all at once, thus hitting them really hard. Suddenly the money and equipment supplies just dry up, hopefully leaving them in the lurch and in a panic to reopen their pipeline.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-15 09:44|| 2007-08-15 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Formed in 1979 and originally tasked with protecting the world's only modern theocracy, the Revolutionary Guard...

I believe the Vatican qualifies as a theocracy. Not making a point; just being pedantic. Though if the Pope had 125,000 Swiss Guards I would hope for a more robust response to the murder of nuns, blood-curdling islamic death threats, etc.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-08-15 10:27|| 2007-08-15 10:27|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought Iran was designated by GW as part of the "Axis of Weazels?"

Posted by JohnQC 2007-08-15 17:18|| 2007-08-15 17:18|| Front Page Top

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