Posted on 01/26/2006 8:17:19 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot
Is there a person anywhere in the world who still thinks there is an ounce of sanity in the Bush administration? If so, let that person read John Bolton’s orders to Syria in the January 24 online edition of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. [UN Security Council calls on Syria to comply with Lebanon By The Associated Press]
Bolton is Bush’s unconfirmed ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton, a neoconservative warmonger, has managed to get the UN Security Council on January 23 to instruct Syria to disband and disarm the Lebanese militias. Bolton says, "I hope in Damascus they read it very carefully and then comply."
How is Syria to meet this demand?
Last year Syria complied with US demands to withdraw its troops from Lebanon. As Syria has no military presence in Lebanon, it could not disarm a local police force, much less the Shia militias that defeated the Israeli army and drove it out of Lebanon and that have representatives in the Lebanese parliament.
After three years and unimaginable expense, the superpower American military has proved that it cannot disarm the recently formed Iraqi militias. Yet, the idiot Bolton thinks puny Syria can disarm the Lebanese militias that defeated the brutal Israeli army!
Syria was never in Lebanon as a conqueror or invader, as the US is in Iraq and Israel is in the West Bank and Golan Heights. Syria was invited into Lebanon by the Lebanese government for peace-keeping purposes, adding the weight of its military to indigenous militias in order to create stability where US, Palestinian and Israeli bungling had brought disorder and massive bloodshed.
Until they were withdrawn, the Syrian troops were a counterweight to the Shia militias. Now that the Shia crescent is spreading from Iran through Iraq to Lebanon, the stupid neoconservatives are confronted with the error of their ways. The Bush administration was trying to set Syria up for US attack by demanding that they withdraw from Lebanon. The neocons thought Syria would refuse and thereby become a target for demonization and invasion.
Alas, the Syrians departed. And now the problem is how to turn back the Shia advance, which is increasing in power inside Lebanon as well through the Hizbullah and Amal movements. Bolton’s solution is a ridiculous attempt to turn Syria into a neocon proxy and to set it at war with the militias.
Otherwise, Bolton intends to damn Syria for "noncompliance" and again threaten Syria with US invasion.
It will be interesting to see who Syria fears most, the militias that triumphed over Israeli military might or the US forces that have been defeated in Iraq.
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PCR around the bend ping!
"Bolton, a neoconservative warmonger..."
Heh, heh, heh....
He's certifiable..
No kidding. Anyone who uses the labels "stupid" and "idiot" to describe those he disagrees with in what is supposed to be a serious article has lost his mind. This article looks like something you'd see from one of DU's high school contributors.
Off-his-chump bump.
I've tried looking up his birth date.....he seems to be exhibiting Alzheimer symptoms......sheesh.
As if the Chinese, Russian,and French delegates are mindless drones under the control of John Bolton.
( Or did we finally reverse engineeer that mind control ray that was found on the crashed saucer at Roswell).
Proved? I think the proper word usage here is proven. ChamPress.com or SHAMPress.com?
It has done an admirable job doing so. I would point out as well that OBL just asked for a truce. You don't do that unless you're getting your fanny kicked.
Yet, the idiot Bolton thinks puny Syria can disarm the Lebanese militias that defeated the brutal Israeli army!
Hezbollah is a wholly owned subsidary of the Syrian Government. Junior need only issue the relevant orders, and (Syrian) guerillas cease operations in Lebanon.
And when did these 'Lebanese Militias defeat the brutal Israeli Army' exactly?
I'd be real careful about calling people 'idiots' especially when they demonstrate a better grasp of the situation than you have.
Where there's a will (and enough lubricant) there's a way.
"How is Syria to meet this demand? "
It's easy.
Since the 'militias' are backed by the Syrian Government.
This guy is a total fool.
LOL! Just another example of Liberal efficiency. Again, I saved approximately a minute and a half of my life by not having to dig past the first few words of an article to get the point they were trying to make!
You gotta be grateful to them!
A mind is a terrible thing to lose. (Dan Quayle quote?)
Where's the PCR-loving guy who always posts PCR's bio on PCR Econ threads? [chuckle]
It's Paul Craig al-Roberts. Did he go and marry an Arab woman while we weren't paying attention?
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