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2005-10-16 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US in recent firefights with Syria::Cambodia

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Posted by Spegum Spavirt2887 2005-10-16 11:59|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Only the NYT would describe a firefight between US Army Rangers and Syrian troops as "illustrating the dangers facing US troops." What, they're in danger of running out of targets? The A-10's are chopping the Syrians up so fine that the Rangers have to strain the remains for intel?

Posted by Matt 2005-10-16 12:34|| 2005-10-16 12:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Lol, Matt! Graphic but accurate. I like it, heh.

Posted by .com 2005-10-16 13:00|| 2005-10-16 13:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Increasingly, officials say, Syria is to the Iraq war what Cambodia was during the Vietnam War: a sanctuary for fighters, money and supplies to flow over the border and, ultimately, a place for a shadow struggle. Quagmire!!!

Actually more like chasing the Apache into Mexico. At a certain point the diplomatic crap was dropped and pursuit columns were sent across the border. As more pressure was put on raiders they eventually choose to stay home and turned on their hosts. Notice how the New Mexico Territory turned out?

Posted by Hupeagum Crineting8308 2005-10-16 13:19|| 2005-10-16 13:19|| Front Page Top

#4 I can remember spending Labor Day on my swift camel in Syria as the President denied we had crossed the border. The event is seared -- seared, I tell you -- into my memory.

Posted by J. Forbes Kerry, millionaire">J. Forbes Kerry, millionaire 2005-10-16 13:25|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-10-16 13:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey JFK, I thought you were a billionaire, what did you do, buy an airline? ;)

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-10-16 13:32|| 2005-10-16 13:32|| Front Page Top

#6 you Swift camel, or in it? That, I'll bet, is seared into your memory.

Posted by Phavimp Wholuter5178 2005-10-16 13:32|| 2005-10-16 13:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Just like WorldCom's Bernard Ebbers & Enron's Andrew Fastow, Pinchy faces long Prison stretch.

In a stunning developement, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has indicted the owner of the NYT for continuing to defraud investors and advertisers with false circulation figures.

Story by Jayson Blair.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-10-16 13:36|| 2005-10-16 13:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I'll wager the camel's memory is both more seared and more accurate.

Seared, but accurate.

Posted by .com 2005-10-16 13:59|| 2005-10-16 13:59|| Front Page Top

#9 that wasn't a camel, that was Terayyyyyzah. She just looked like one at the time....desert winds sapping the moisturizer, you know?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-16 14:18|| 2005-10-16 14:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Whatever you do, don't ask JFK about his lucky turban...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-10-16 14:20|| 2005-10-16 14:20|| Front Page Top

#11 NIXON was right to send in US-SVN troops into Cambodia, as afterwards the level of Commie supplies into SVN dropped dramatically.As for SYRIA, its to Syria's and Assad's advantage to work with Dubya and the USA, as its the ambitions of Iran's Mullahs to spread fundamentalist and Shia rule over the ME, includ but limited to Syria. Iff news reports of IRGC taking control of Hezbollah and Hamas are true, the IRGC isn't going to stop at controlling only the militias. Ditto for China vs Taiwan - iff Beijing wilfully recognizes Taiwan's independence, the USA will work to stop Taiwan from any attempt to overthrow the CPC.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-10-16 20:50|| 2005-10-16 20:50|| Front Page Top

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