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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US Mideast plan 'preposterous'

2006-07-25

A vision of a new Middle East emerging from the conflict in Lebanon as outlined by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice drew ridicule on Monday from mainstream Arab analysts and former Arab diplomats. Several of them said the United States and Israel had little if any chance of achieving their stated goals of disarming Hezbollah and deploying the Lebanese army or an international buffer force along the Israeli-Lebanese frontier. "I think it's preposterous. From the beginning this is a plan that cannot be achieved," former Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Maher told Reuters.

In the meantime, by giving the green light to an Israeli offensive which has killed more than 300 civilians and done damage worth billions of dollars, the United States has helped stir up hatred and extremism in a troubled region, they say. Rice said that on her trip to the Middle East, which began on Monday, she would not try to restore the status quo which existed before a Hezbollah raid into Israel this month. "What we're seeing here, in a sense, is ... the birth pangs of a new Middle East and, whatever we do, we have to be certain that we're pushing forward to the new Middle East, not going back to the old one," she added.

Posted by:Fred

#18 Is it more preposterous than Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Syria, ect... mission statement that Israel will be driven into the sea?

I wonder what old Mubarak would say to that question. MTF

I think this is a little of the Arabs own medicine of useless negotiations with insane demands while the war continues.

I think we will see Israel slowly secure the south. That was one lesson we learned from Iraq the blitz on Baghdad was great for military history and conquest of Iraqi government but a slower invasion would have allowed the total destruction of the Bathist hard cores during the main warfare stage. In the shock and awe they just spontaneously disbanded and ran home to fight another day.

My prediction:
Once Israel cleanses the south of all who are willing to fight I think we will see a push into the Beeka. Then the real show will start because whether Syria jumps in early or is drug in when Hezbollah runs across the border into Syria with the Israeli's in hot pursuit from above it will be on. Iran will jump and we will jump. If we havent already destroyed the Mehdi/Badgr Armies by then they will jump and be decimated while our air force hammers Iran in prep for phase 3 of the WOT.

This is the opening act of the Big Show boys

Posted by: C-Low 2006-07-26 00:05

#17 Rice should continue putting forth preposterous proposals until they are either accepted or until Hezbollah is destroyed.

Posted by: DoDo 2006-07-25 22:03

#16 Target 208.252.196.130 acquired. We have a lock. Awaiting weapons release. Standing by....

Posted by: Steve 2006-07-25 16:56

#15 Will the real Sock Puppet of Doom please stand up.

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-25 15:15

#14 Look ass quit using my Name...
You are not "getting it"

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-25 15:12

#13 My goodness, the writer of this article didn't have an agenda did they?
Has anyone reminded this moron that the Hezbollah psychopaths don't wear uniforms?
Same dim light bulb that reports on the number of "civilians" killed when the US engages some foreign fighters in Iraq.
Not two brain cells of common sense in the entire press corps covering the middle east.
Not to mention that they are so bound by hate for Bush and his administration that any support for Isreal will draw an immediate knee jerk negative press.
And Reuters???? what a bunch of yellow press rumor mongers. How many "former" foreign ministers did they have to interview to find this guy? Or maybe he's on retainer? "Hey we need to have something negative to say about the peace plan!!! Go find Ahmed and get some tape. He's ALWAYS good for some anti-US rhetoric".

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-25 15:03

#12 It does appear to be that way mcsegeek1.

Posted by: JohnQC 2006-07-25 12:03

#11 Well the plan IS preposterous, but not for the reasons outlined by the Arabs. It will take no less than the TOTAL DESTRUCTION of militant Islam to bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Any plan that fails to encompass this harsh truth is preposterous indeed.

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-07-25 11:24

#10 Gosh, hatred and extremisim in the ME? Golly gee willikers, Batman!

Posted by: mojo 2006-07-25 10:01

#9 We need a 'Arab Leaders [or Street or both] Seething' meter.

Posted by: Whomogum Creremble6430 2006-07-25 09:05

#8 The plan must have some merit if it pisses off so many Arabs.

Posted by: JohnQC 2006-07-25 08:04

#7 Full details of the new initiative won't be released until later today. So far it looks like something Karen Hughes dreamed up. However, I promise to soak it in with an open mind and pro-military attitude.

Posted by: Griper Whegum8464 2006-07-25 06:08

#6 No peace? Heh. When has there been "Peace"?
Not "acceptable"?

Very little is "Acceptable"

Bless the IDF. Curse Hezbollah.
Curse Syria and Iran.

How is that for peas?

Your war on God is "Unacceptable".

Posted by: newc 2006-07-25 03:43

#5 "She's proposing change! What about the fragile Middle East stability? Run away! Run away!"

Posted by: cruiser 2006-07-25 02:56

#4 Hey, is peace and prosperity so bad, or does it just go against your genetic grain?

Posted by: gorb 2006-07-25 02:53

#3 Okay-y-y-y-y-y-y-y - IDF, youse heard "da Men", keep on rolling and warrin' In Lebanon and towards Syria like there's no tomorrow. Israel mus look to itsef, and no longer care about regional Muslims whom demand to be Iranians and Moudians and controlled from Iran. Who is Israel and America to stop people whom demand to be enlaved. No cheatsies, D *** it, no cutting in line to be first into the gulags, guillotines, execution chambers, rape rooms and death camps. The French had better provide a working guillotine wid the sharpest, best head-choppping blade possible iff they don't want Iran to attack.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-07-25 01:19

#2 Okay-y-y-y-y-y-y-y - IDF, youse heard "da Men", keep on rolling and warrin' In Lebanon and towards Syria like there's no tomorrow. Israel mus look to itsef, and no longer care about regional Muslims whom demand to be Iranians and Moudians and controlled from Iran. Who is Israel and America to stop people whom demand to be enlaved. No cheatsies, D *** it, no cutting in line to be first into the gulags, guillotines, execution chambers, rape rooms and death camps. The French had better provide a working guillotine wid the sharpest, best head-choppping blade possible iff they don't want Iran to attack.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-07-25 01:19

#1 Excellent!

Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-25 00:36

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