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2006-01-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by mhw 2006-01-15 10:57|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ehhh we may send a few bombers over to Syria when we move on Iran, I remember hearing about captured GPS units that still had the start point locked in great for a cruise missle cluster munition or two and if some accidentaly vered off and hit Assad well sh*t happens.

I dont know about this guy anyway the fact that he is supported by the French alone says alot not for the better either.

Posted by C-Low 2006-01-15 16:53|| 2006-01-15 16:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I dont know - if he truly favors a represntative deomcracy like the Orange Revolution, and de-fanging Syria, then who cares if the French back him? Liberty is the objective - and a liberated Syria is one less piece of the region for the axis of evil in the region. I'll settle for a Qaddafi-like change, with a rapproachment to the US. One less thing for us to worry about, no more haven for Hezbollah and Hamas, Lebananon gets space to become a democracy again, and that gives us that much more to pressure to use on Iran.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-01-15 17:06|| 2006-01-15 17:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Oldspook I dont know no saying just that because france likes him he is automaticly bad but deserves a little more digging, And he is a Bathist of the same stripe as Assad he just got outwitted and seems to now be a oportunist I read somewere that he had a major hand in crushing the Syrian democracy movement during his time. Some quotes just from this piece that is woresome

"He said he would be ready to work with both Islamist leaders, whom he called "part of the rich Islamic mosaic that defines the basic character of our country" and the Baath Party.
Islamist are the basic character of Syria // that sounds pretty damm freindly to Hamas, Hezbollah, AQ ect...
"I would not rule out any political group that sticks to the basic rules of democracy," he said.
This is a little promising however depends on interpitation.

Posted by C-Low 2006-01-15 18:02|| 2006-01-15 18:02|| Front Page Top

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