Connected via fiber optics to a remote operator station and a command-and-control center, each machine gun-mounted station serves as a type of robotic sniper, capable of enforcing a nearly 1,500-meter-deep no-go zone.
Posted on 12/20/2007 1:17:00 PM PST by america4vr
US President George W Bush says he has long since lost patience with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, and has ruled out opening a dialogue with him.
"He doesn't need a phone call, he knows exactly what my position is," Mr Bush said at a year-ending news conference.
The US and Syria have each accused the other of meddling in Lebanon, where repeated attempts to find a new president have failed.
Mr Bush also accused Mr Assad of supporting militant groups.
"My patience ran out on President Assad a long time ago," Mr Bush told reporters at the White House.
"The reason why is because he houses Hamas, he facilitates Hezbollah, suiciders go from his country into Iraq, and he destabilises Lebanon."
Lebanon has had no president for nearly a month since Emile Lahoud left office, and many parliamentary sessions called to elect one have been cancelled.
The pro-Western ruling bloc and pro-Syrian opposition have agreed on a presidential candidate, army chief General Michel Suleiman, but are divided on the make-up of the new government.
The deadlock over the president is Lebanon's worst political crisis since the country's long civil war ended in 1990.
Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Muallem, on Thursday accused the US of blocking attempts to broker a deal.
"The American role has held up the French-Syrian efforts towards a solution," he said.
He accused the US of trying to sideline the Syrian-backed opposition, saying it wanted the Western-backed majority "to monopolise political decisions in Lebanon".
During his news conference at the White House Mr Bush also touched on a wide range of other issues.
He said he believed a Republican would win the US election next year, that he would consider all options to stimulate the US economy, and criticised the number of "wasteful"
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“The US and Syria have each accused the other of meddling in Lebanon...”
The US has to meddle in Lebanon to counter Syria’s meddling.
Uh, ohh, looks like it’s time for Jimma Carter to step in and make peace. Not!
"The reason why is because he houses Hamas, he facilitates Hezbollah, suiciders go from his country into Iraq, and he destabilises Lebanon."
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
Too bad. Now Bush understands exactly how we feel about him failing to even pretend to want to secure our borders in a time of war.
It bears repeating!
"Don't you make me stop this car!"
We don’t have to meddle in Lebanon. There are plenty of Syrian kurds to arm, and many targets for SF and the air force around Syria proper.
Connected via fiber optics to a remote operator station and a command-and-control center, each machine gun-mounted station serves as a type of robotic sniper, capable of enforcing a nearly 1,500-meter-deep no-go zone.
Talk is cheap.
Don’t tempt me...
Not mentioned was France. I would expect W and Sarkozy are working together to counter Syria in Lebanon. We just haven’t heard about it yet.
Rafael Typhoon GS with 20mm canon and anti-tank missiles.
I’m so sure Assad is shaking in his boots. Bush is gone in a year, and thanks to Condi Rice we have a toothless foreign policy beset by indecisiveness and incompetence.
Yeah, yeah, whatever. I guess he is not so upset as to stop pressuring Israel to give Syria back the Golan Heights.
Yep, it is just big talk, as usual....Bush is gone in a year, and thanks to Condi Rice we have a toothless foreign policy beset by indecisiveness and incompetence.
I'm no theologian Mr. Ass-sad, but I sure hope this event happens soon. Nothing could go farther to stabilize the region and straightens out the nutcases in the near east.
Iran needs some perspective Mr. President.
We must do something about these Iranian/Syrian POSs, or the fishing is gonna get real good in a few years.
Yeah, yeah, whatever. I guess he is not so upset as to stop pressuring Israel to give Syria back the Golan Heights.”
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Excellent point, RBG.
The North Koreans figured him out long ago.
That is why they have us by the testes with nuclear blackmail and we are essentially doing everything they want us to do.
This pretty much dishes the crapola about Syria and the Annapolis Conference....Bush were attempting to coital the poor syrians. NOT NOT...
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