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| Half measures won't do, US warns Syria |
| 2005-03-10 |
| WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush said yesterday that Damascus needs to withdraw its military from Lebanon and end what he called Syrian intelligence's "heavy-handed" influence over the government in Beirut. Bush also warned that he and other leaders calling for Syria's withdrawal before May parliamentary elections in Lebanon were working on "steps forward, what do to" in the event Damascus does not comply. "I'd like to reiterate my call, and that is in order for those elections to be free in Lebanon, the Syrians must remove their troops as well as their intelligence services," he said during a joint public appearance with visiting Romanian President Traian Basescu. "Syrian influence is heavy-handed through the involvement of intelligence services throughout the government, and they must remove both in order for the elections to be free," said Bush. "And we're working with friends and allies about steps forward, what to do," he told a reporter who asked what Washington would do if Damascus does not bow to mounting global pressure. Bush also dismissed Syrian President Bashar Al Assad's pledge of a partial withdrawal in Lebanon, saying "it is a |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 right .com. It's clear they don't speak Texan - but ...they'll learn quick, I'm sure. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-03-10 10:23:42 AM |
| #1 We're not Arabs. We actually mean what we say -- and do what we say we'll do. We're from different universes. But they will have to be the ones to make concessions to those differences, from now on. Enough State & Tranzi mewling about us always having to understand them, adapt to them, understand them, make allowances for them. That shit is finished. Time for them to join the 21st century. Now. Got a calendar? Good -- then it's clear. Do it. And like it. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-03-10 1:21:47 AM |