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2003-04-15 International

Syria should not be next American target: Turkey

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-15 06:39 pm|| || Front Page|| [15 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Currently watching the Syrian Deputy Ambassador to US on CNBC. Would not answer questions directly. He is blaming all the stories and concerns on Israeli fabrications. The oil pipeline has been there for 70 years; just shut down for maintenance. We have no WMD, they are all in Israel. Jay Garner is a stooge of Sharon. Rumsfelds gets all his information from Israeli Intelligence.

Posted by john 2003-04-15 20:18:13|| 2003-04-15 20:18:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I suspect Iran would top the Turkish list, as the Iranians have been trying to overthrow the Turkish government for years on end. They are also the chief source of Islamic Terrorism, Inc., whether the Shi'ite or Sunni variety. Saudi Arabia, of course, functions as the ideological hub as well as the primary bank.

Destroying the Islamic Republic of Iran would be a service on behalf of civilization.

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-04-15 22:44:55|| [www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-04-15 22:44:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Wrong again! The Iranian theocracy is already under extreme internal pressure and will implode shortly without U.S. direct intervention. Syria on the other hand is a real Baathist/Socialist supporter of "terrorism" and will sooner or later have to be dealt with militarily.

Posted by leonidas 2003-04-15 23:00:46|| 2003-04-15 23:00:46|| Front Page Top

#4 The major terrorism that Syria sponsors is, with the exception of Hezbollah (which will likely fall apart when the cash stops flowing from the ayatollahs), directed at Israel. More to the point, Syria doesn't sponsor al-Qaeda. Iran does and is already harboring some top leadership folks.

More to the point, say Iran is about to collapse. If the ayatollahs recognize that, they may well try to go out in one last blaze of Dire Revenge(TM). And as they'll have nukes soon, that would seem to be of far more paramount concern to US policy.

The hardliners may well be on their way out, but given what I've seen some of these "reformists" saying lately (today's articles are a perfect illustration of this), I see little indication that they'll be any nicer to us or Israel than the ayatollahs once they get nukes.

Posted by Dan Darling 2003-04-16 00:07:09|| [www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2003-04-16 00:07:09|| Front Page Top

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