Syria in the Gunsights

NewsMax ^ | Monday, April 26, 2004 | Jack Wheeler

[GoLightly]

http://www.nti.org/d%5Fnewswire/issues/2004/4/19/6beada6a%2Da271%2D49f4%2Db57c%2Dded7752e42fa.html

[Dr Snide]

The USA Today, MSNBC, and AP all describe the weapon as a chemical weapon and poison gas capable of killing thousands coming from Syria. Sounds like a WMD to me. Are you really going to have a little girl hissy fit over whether it is VX, Sarin, or Mustard Gas.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

My friend, the Israeli's are getting closer all the time. Sharon makes GW Bush look like a whimp by popping off Hamas leaders. Has the Arab "street" gone wild over the killings of Hamas leaders? No! You know why? Because they know that Sharon will destroy every Arab in sight if they pull some of their terror antics! Shortly, Mr Arafat will be neutralized. And....Hamas will be attacked in Syria. And if Syria or any other Arab nation, reacts, it won't be around by the next morning. Wake up, the Israeli's are painting a picture that works, and screw the rest of the weak knee world! These Arabs are animals and should be treated as such!

[taildragger]

"President Bush is a visonary that will only be appreciated 100 years from now."

license, I have been saying this for months, thank you, I am not crazy no matter what my wifes says :-}.

The Goal that can't be stated because of P.C. is this whole anti-terror war is to force a reformation and denoucement of Radicalized Islam amongst the moderates and bring the Muslim Faith into the light. We need to talk more on this, It is getting late and I need sleep for a big date ahead.

[uncbob]

I'm upset that GW Bush and Rumsfeld are acting like weak sisters.

Yep Compasasionate Conservatism will do that to ya

[uncbob]

Where's Harry Truman when you need him?

He is Stii figuring out how to end the Korean War

[Victor K]

Anyone who has been in the military knows what happens when you call a weapon (e.g. M-16) "a gun".

Drill Sgt. Smith gets in your face and screams at the top of his hungs at you, while pointing first at your weapon and then at your crotch. "This is your WEAPON and this is your GUN! Now get down and give me 50 with your WEAPON on your hands and don't let your WEAPON touch the ground peter breath!" Seriously.

[oceanview]

and it has to be a chemical that would survive the heat of the explosion from the other trucks. this was discussed at great length on threads when this story first broke.

[John Lenin]

I'm just saying we have no troops left for another front. Unless we start a draft we aren't invading anyone for the next few years.

[RaceBannon]

US from the North East, Israel from the south west, and into Lebanon, and Jordan from the south, with Saudi Arabia from the south East.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

OK, this is looking into the crystal ball but I think this is the future for the next 5 to 25 years.

Western Civilization in Major wars against the radical Islamic hoards. The war on terroisim be will long and difficult. Some will call it the new Crusades, but in fact it is the Crusades in reverse. The moslems are attacking the West and we are letting them come in the name of diversity.

When was the last time you heard of a Christian Church being established in a Middle East country? Now we have the "call to prayer" on load speakers 5 times a day in Michigan.

Bottom Line, one more attack against the U.S. mainland, and George Bush is still President, the only response from any Islamic country in the Middly East will be "please send us aid from the UN".

[NutCrackerBoy]

The Goal that can't be stated because of P.C. is this whole anti-terror war is to force a reformation and denoucement of Radicalized Islam amongst the moderates and bring the Muslim Faith into the light.

It's been stated. When George Bush says "we are changing the world", liberals ignore it (because they are idiots) and conservatives reject it (because they are too smart). It will take a long, long time before we can see and understand how Islam will have been morphed by this.

[oceanview]

it depends on whether you are talking about: forces for occupation, or forces for the actual military fight. one infantry division, plus air power, plus some special forces, could likely destroy the Syrian uniformed military and overthrow the Syrian government in a couple of weeks. Forces for occupation is a different question, maybe we don't need to occupy Syria, what's there anyway?

[Thumper1960]

Jean.....you have run up the white flag, already? Oui?

[John Lenin]

We bit off more than we could chew in Iraq. Let Israel take out Syria.

[CyberAnt]

Well .. for those who read their Bible, see Isaiah 17:1.

If Syria manages to get VX into Israel .. Damascus will be history.

[Dr Snide]

My impression has always been that Syria didn't quite have the balls to do something overt that could result in retaliation by the United States or Isreal. If enough pressure is applied I suspect Syria will fly straight for a little while at least. We can also get them to cough up Iraqi WMD (if we have not already got Sudan to help us on that front) and give them a way out if we choose. I fear that our clueless state department will fight this all the way, wouldn't want to hurt anybody's feelings now would we.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The point is the VX part of the story is a repeat by Newsmax of Loftus's speculation presented as fact and the quote:

"Jordan’s King Abdullah and his intelligence chief General Kheir publicly announced that if the terrorists had succeeded in their confessed plan to detonate the VX in Amman near the American Embassy, over 20,000 people would have been massacred."

is an embelishment to the point of being an outright lie.

It makes a great deal of difference what kind of material it is. If it was VX, the probability increases that it was originally from Iraq

[John Lenin]

Sure just add another $200 Billion for another military operation. This is getting insane that we don't have allies.

[hosepipe]

Cleanup Lebanon first. After allowing no retreat accross the Syrian border. A retreat accross the Isreali border would be fun to watch. Syria will then get real pliable, with the US in lebanon and iraq.. Bashir will come grinning like a used camel dealer.. or he will checking under his bed every night and/or be listening for cruise missles.