Posted on 10/26/2003 9:35:59 PM PST by Mark Felton
LONDON, Oct. 25 Syria cannot stop militants entering Iraq to attack U.S. forces, Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said in an interview with a British Sunday newspaper.
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''They are very determined and many of them dream of seeing an American tank,'' Shara said of militants who cross the border into Iraq.
''We are doing everything we can,'' he told the Sunday Telegraph. ''We have tightened our checkpoints and are turning people back. But the border is long and we cannot cover it all.
''If America, a rich superpower cannot stop Mexicans crossing into the United States, then how can we, a poor country, be expected to stop Palestinians getting into Iraq.''
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You think you know. There is a difference.
They say they can't stop the terrorists because America has relatively open borders.
Well, it makes a pretty good case for how difficult it is to control a long, desert border. If Syria could do what we cannot do, that would be embarassing.
They don't want to stop the terrorists.
Do we? How does leaving the borders relatively open stop them? Is it your official position that each and every one of them is a "migrant worker"?
We are their enemy. they are our enemy. It is that simple and your praise of Syrian propaganda disgusts me when I remember Beirut.
LOL. If the absilute truth they pointed out about our border policy is Syrian "propaganda" then we are all in trouble, because what they are saying is true. No doubt most of the other stuff they are saying is complete bunk, but my opinion is simply ... they got us on this one. It happens. Ever now and then your opponent will land a luckly blow. Denying that the blow was landed makes you look uncredible. Concede the point, vow to do better, and move on with the battle. That's what I believe our position on the matter should be.
I really don't that the Syrians are "aided and comforted" by the fact that they uttered one truth.
The sun even shines on a dog's ass some days.
Your wish is granted. You get to keep shilling for Assad. Enjoy.
ROFLMAO! Okay, will do. Thanks for your well-wishes. Your wish is granted. You get to keep shilling for Assad. Enjoy
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