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US to hit Syria with sanctions
Jerusalem Post ^ | 2/12/04

Posted on 02/12/2004 4:30:48 PM PST by areafiftyone

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To: areafiftyone
US to hit Syria with sanctions

What caliber?

21 posted on 02/12/2004 7:41:36 PM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Rockitz
pakistan for five
n. korea toppled for six
china for seven

can I buy a vow from vanna now?
22 posted on 02/12/2004 8:27:16 PM PST by eccl1212 ( "anybody else wanna negotiate?")
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To: eccl1212
Love the tagline- A classic line by Bruce Willis' character in The Fifth Element- a brilliant, yet overlooked parody of sci-fi movies.
23 posted on 02/12/2004 8:36:14 PM PST by Rockitz (After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
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To: WhiteChristianCons
Syria has a huge army.

So did their neighbor Iraq. #4 in the world at one time in the not too distant past.

24 posted on 02/12/2004 8:49:48 PM PST by randog (Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
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To: Rockitz
This is a perfectly suitable precursor to invasion. So I guess that's: 1. Afghanistan 2. Iraq 3. Syria 4. Iran 5. ? if you're scoring at home.

Just like a chess game. Only with the fate of the world at stake.

25 posted on 02/12/2004 9:18:31 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe (The brighter you are, the more you have to learn)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Just like a chess game. Only with the fate of the world at stake.

Thankfully W knows we can't fight the whole Muslim world at once. Keep saying this to yourself, so you don't slip up.

It's a War on Terror. Islam is a religion of peace.

It's a War on Terror. Islam is a religion of peace.

It's a War on Terror. Islam is a religion of peace.

Wink. Wink. Nod. Nod.

That wasn't so hard, now was it?

26 posted on 02/12/2004 9:34:50 PM PST by Rockitz (After all these years, it's still rocket science.)
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To: Rockitz
Yes, it soaked into my brain a few months back. Funny thing is, the President told everyone exactly what the plan was in his post 9-11 speech.

I understand what's going on, but Israel will be the stumbling block.
27 posted on 02/12/2004 9:38:53 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe (The brighter you are, the more you have to learn)
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To: areafiftyone
Fascinating!

Yes it is. We are upping the ante, the terrorists AND those who support them are getting very nervous, and at the same time our economy is booming!

Yes, it is refreshing to have a POTUS with conviction who places his agenda on the oval office desk and not under it!

28 posted on 02/12/2004 11:56:27 PM PST by EGPWS
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To: Guillermo
Yeah but isn't this going to make them not angry and hate us?

And that would just break out hearts! lol

29 posted on 02/13/2004 12:00:21 AM PST by Fledermaus (Democrats are just not capable of defending our nation's security. It's that simple!)
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To: Fledermaus
When you think about the situation in the Middle East you almost wonder if it is the crusades all over again without the looting, plundering, pillaging, raping and land acquisition.

Call it the Crusade for Liberty. So now you either are for human liberty or you are against human liberty. bring it up in bthe UN for a vote. Put China on the defensive. Put the Arab world on the defensive. See what countries will sign on because if you are not for Human liberty we will accept your imports.

Would love to see how that fantasy would play out.
30 posted on 02/13/2004 4:59:32 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 Senate seats changes the world!! Bury Kerry in 04!)
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To: eccl1212
"china for seven"

Yeah right...
31 posted on 02/13/2004 5:19:12 AM PST by Dave Elias
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To: yonif
yes, we can sanction them as we send them checks!! Some "war on terror"...
32 posted on 02/13/2004 6:18:50 AM PST by LN2Campy
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To: Rockitz
I REALLY hope you're correct... the White House "Eid" love-ins are just a bit hard to take, you know
33 posted on 02/13/2004 6:20:23 AM PST by LN2Campy
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To: areafiftyone
US to hit Syria with sanctions

I think we should hit Syria with something else:


34 posted on 02/13/2004 7:08:07 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (If universities didn't teach worthless subjects, who would?)
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To: areafiftyone
Don't worry: the French and Germans will make sure they get what they need with behind the scenes trading.
35 posted on 02/13/2004 10:48:17 AM PST by SpinyNorman
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To: Monty22
US to hit Syria with sanctions ICBM's

I was going to suggest several well-placed bunker busters. We can save the ICBMs for later.

36 posted on 02/13/2004 11:20:38 AM PST by He Rides A White Horse (I wonder if Free Republic will be deemed a terrorist organization under Hillary?)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Very nice, but I'm thinking of something even *more substantial* than those!
37 posted on 02/13/2004 11:30:48 AM PST by 7.62 x 51mm (Dogs have masters; Cats have staff...)
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To: Mixer
Sanctions will only hurt the citizens of Syria and do nothing to the regime.

The article mentions that we would ban the sale of military or dual use items to Syria. The policy shouldn't affect the civilian population.

On the other hand, you are right about the ineffectiveness of sanctions on Saddam. But Saddam had oil money. I don't think Syria does.

38 posted on 02/14/2004 11:35:16 AM PST by John123 (Ketchup boy has been a poodle to rich women for the past 33 years!)
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To: areafiftyone
It also calls on the president to impose two or more sanctions from a list of six: an export ban; ban on US businesses operating in Syria; restrictions on Syrian diplomats in the US; exclusion of Syrian-owned aircraft from US airspace; a reduction of diplomatic contacts with Syria; or freezing of Syrian assets in the US.

From the above list I hope they ban Syrian planes in American Airspace and toss out Syrian Diplomats. Those are the two things that can be used militarily against us at home. Syria is at war with the United States, the Jihad that they scream from the rooftops is a very real thing. We better tighten our borders before Syria becomes the conduit for nuclear warheads being smuggled into the United States.

39 posted on 02/14/2004 11:52:00 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: adam_az
Maybe they're waiting for us to set an example by kicking the PLO offices out of Washington.

Ouch, good one! Touchdown.

40 posted on 02/14/2004 11:55:32 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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