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2004-10-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-24 2:53:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'm trying to figure out this State Department/Defense Department good cop/bad cop routine. State says "concerned". Rumsfeld says "unhelpful". The French strike a pose in the Security Council, but don't really mean it. Meanwhile, stone cold killer American warriors are just across the Iraqi border. How is a Syrian optometrist supposed to parse these messages?

Oh, and does anybody know what's happening out at those airbases in western Iraq? We never seem to hear about them.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-10-24 3:38:53 AM|| 2004-10-24 3:38:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What a pathetic moustache. He is clearly not the man his father was. His poor,dead father must be writhing in agony, watching all he worked so hard to achieve melting away.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-10-24 9:32:32 AM|| 2004-10-24 9:32:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Generals that pull his strings are the same that worked for Dad. I'd like to see this pencil-necked geek strung up by the Kurds

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-24 9:36:44 AM|| 2004-10-24 9:36:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I finally figured out where I've seen this asshat before: he's Herbert Kornfeld, Accounts Receivable.

Posted by BH 2004-10-24 10:34:04 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:34:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 lol - the H-Dog!

Posted by Frank G 2004-10-24 10:43:16 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:43:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Dad's generals will let Sonny lead as long as he does not rock the boat too much. Sonny's options are **ahem** rather limited.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-24 10:48:20 AM|| 2004-10-24 10:48:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Frag is stupid a**, the pile of human excrement.

Posted by anymouse 2004-10-24 1:43:45 PM|| 2004-10-24 1:43:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh, and does anybody know what's happening out at those airbases in western Iraq?

Airbases? What airbases? Anyone around here see any airbases? Fred, you see any bases?

Posted by Steve 2004-10-24 2:37:29 PM|| 2004-10-24 2:37:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 For some reason, Assad's face just seems to have on it a look of absolute evil.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-24 4:04:17 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:04:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Assad's face just seems to have on it a look of absolute evil.

Practice?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-24 4:35:45 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:35:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 No no no Bomb-a-rama, to me that look is of someone who has been forced to stare into the abyss and has some very hard decisions to make. On the one hand he has the generals still pulling the strings and has Saddam's WMDs in his back yard (which actually, is not a good thing to have lying around), on the other hand, he has a huge Iron Fist, in the shape of those 'Merkans looming over his head. Oh, and just to really make his day, he can't forget that the Israelis can bomb Syria with impunity whenever they want to prove a point. Hard decisions indeed...

PS In DC at the moment - amazing city, Air and Space museum is awesome but I've noticed a fair few Kerry support posters around - that normal for DC?

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-10-24 4:45:50 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:45:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Tony,

DC and the surrounding Maryland suburbs are a one party state - Democrat. Virginia is more balanced.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-10-24 4:48:38 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:48:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I still say he looks like Himmler...

Posted by borgboy 2004-10-24 4:57:15 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:57:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 DC is true-blue democrat. Maryland is traditionally Democrat thanks to Baltimore's big political machine, but parts of the state are starting to get a bit of a pinkish tinge. Virginia is starting to be a two-party state...blue on top where all the federal employees live, red on the bottom from Quantico south.

Of more interest to was an informal poll at a downtown DC burrito take-out place. The Kerry burrito was (predictably) leading the Bush burrito, but by a much smaller margin than I would have guessed: 1027-963. Food for thought, I guess.

PS Tony, email me at seafarious@yahoo.com

Posted by Seafarious 2004-10-24 4:57:33 PM|| 2004-10-24 4:57:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Thanks for that Mrs D. and Seafarious. One sign that I noticed for Kerry was for the Airline Pilots Association (or something very similar). I thought that was an unusual grouping to be rooting for Kerry. Also noticed a 'Firefighters for Kerry' bumper sticker on a vehicle on the way in from Dulles.

Email on its way Seafarious...

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-10-24 5:02:28 PM|| 2004-10-24 5:02:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Wonder if Junior is noticing that the New Improved Iraqi Army (tm) is evolving well? An Iraqi Army being built from the ground up into something to really be treated with respect, particularly if you are assisting their enemies sending death and destruction among their civilians and families. Just what you need, an effective Israeli and Iraqi Army focused on you.

Posted by Don 2004-10-24 5:49:12 PM|| 2004-10-24 5:49:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Tony, Bush has refused to bail out the airlines, who are facing financial difficulties due to shrinking markets and higher fuel prices. As a result, the pilots (some of whom are very highly paid) are under pressure to make wage concessions.

Posted by rkb 2004-10-24 7:02:10 PM|| 2004-10-24 7:02:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Say it again.... you gotta see the really big flag Tony. :)

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-24 7:56:31 PM|| 2004-10-24 7:56:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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