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To: mojito

Sounds like Israel would be perfectly justified hitting staging areas within Syria for these transports. Why are we and Israel so timid about hitting Syria for its support of terrorists both in Lebanon and Iraq??? How many Americans have to die in order to preserve Syria's well-being??


2 posted on 07/18/2006 2:18:30 PM PDT by MikeA (Not voting out of anger in November is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
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To: MikeA

Timid indeed. That supposed 72-hour ultimatum warning of "disastrous consequences" to Syria expired about 12 hours ago; no disaster yet...


4 posted on 07/18/2006 2:21:07 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: MikeA; mojito

Syria has an aggressive and secure rocket-based chemical and perhaps biological missile deterrent system.

Hitting anything in Syria would constitute a major escalation, and may not be advisable at this juncture.


9 posted on 07/18/2006 2:24:03 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Mom said to call a spade a spade. Dad taught me what to call it when you trip over it in the shed.)
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To: MikeA

You could ask the same thing about hte staging areas in Syria and Iran for the stuff that comes into Iraq. For some reason, the US has decided to let those two off the hook. I can't explain it. And I'd think Israel is trying not to ignite "the big one". Goin after Syria is going all in, so to speak. This is just the furst round and I think they're waiting to see what the river brings


14 posted on 07/18/2006 2:26:35 PM PDT by jeltz25
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To: MikeA

That would be considered escalation and might cause public opinion (molded by MSM) to engage in twarting Israel's plans.

Best to wipe out Hezbollah in Lebanon. Once that is complete and the threat is eliminated, go to their sources...Syria and the other gangsters.


15 posted on 07/18/2006 2:28:54 PM PDT by Prost1 (We can build a wall, we can evict - "Si, se puede!")
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To: MikeA

The only way this is gonna end is to take down the Syrian regime.


20 posted on 07/18/2006 2:37:08 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: MikeA; Dog
"Sounds like Israel would be perfectly justified hitting staging areas within Syria for these transports. Why are we and Israel so timid about hitting Syria for its support of terrorists both in Lebanon and Iraq???"

Different cultures; different perspectives.

Syria is a merchant nation. It makes its money from caravans that pass through it (often smuggling). It has no oil.

Arabs would view attacking Syria over the issue of caravans destined for Hezbollah in the same way that a Western mind would view bombing New York City if a U.S. bank facilitated a wire transfer of money to Al Qaeda.

Different cultures. Different perspectives.

So no one is going to go to war over wire transfers or merchant caravans.

25 posted on 07/18/2006 2:56:05 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: MikeA

Why are we and Israel so timid about hitting Syria for its support of terrorists both in Lebanon and Iraq???

Waiting for Syria to make the right mistake...and they will


36 posted on 07/18/2006 3:27:35 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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