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Syria stays defiant as US raises the stakes
The Daily Telegraph ^
| April 11, 2003
| Alan Philps
Posted on 04/10/2003 4:36:01 PM PDT by MadIvan
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Syria has chosen poorly.
Regards, Ivan
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04/10/2003 4:36:02 PM PDT
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MadIvan
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04/10/2003 4:36:17 PM PDT
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MadIvan
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04/10/2003 4:38:11 PM PDT
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To: MadIvan
Syria will go down easier than Iraq....they better not push it to hard.
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:38:43 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: MadIvan
So be it, they can suffer the consequences as well.
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:39:21 PM PDT
by
zingzang
To: MadIvan
Boy they are asking for their spanking and can not hold themselves to wait.
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:39:56 PM PDT
by
Minty
To: MadIvan
It was inevitable that they would (choose poorly). Assad the younger is certifiably evil and probably just plain certifiable. He will destroy Syria before he's done (which is no great loss to anyone).
To: MadIvan
Syria will be given an ultimatum by year's end.
Get out of Lebanon.
The new Lebanese government will invite our troops to come in and set-up shop early in 2004.
To: Scott from the Left Coast
Scott I can't believe Syria would be this stupid....to challenge us after what we just did to Iraq.
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:44:13 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: MadIvan
My understanding was that France historically has maintained a fairly close bed-fellow relationship with Syria as well. If I'm correct with that, I Wonder what France's role is in this?
Prairie
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:44:43 PM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
Let's not forget, Syria has an advanced programme of chemical weapons too.
One further thing: if they did assist Iraq in ways that could get our troops killed, they need to be destroyed.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:44:59 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: MadIvan
All I gotta say to Syria is.. If your feeling froggy... Jump! At the end it will be another state sponsorer of terrorism down.. oh and just one other word....
Lebanon.
To: Dog
Syria will go down easier than Iraq....they better not push it to hard. What does the NY Times call a twenty-minute war? A Quagmirette?
To: Dog
I can't believe Syria would be this stupidTo some extent I can believe it -- they believe their own propoganda...and they're not the first to fall into that trap.
They also see how long and hard the diplomatic manuever regarding Iraq took, on top of the 12 years before that. Assad may just think that "we wouldn't dare" go after him on the fly, making France/Germany/Russia just that much more upset.
Assad is nutty enough to believe both things and not be paying attention to the very powerful "follow on" forces we have just entering the theatre. If he gave us a really good reason (like acquiring some of Iraq's WMD's (mobile bio labs or such) or actually started to foment serious terrorist disruption in Iraq, then it wouldn't be all that difficult to take him out. We've probably got Special Ops over his border right now anyway. But Israel would be attacked this time, so the situation could get interesting.
To: MadIvan
You'd think that Syria would get the message. Sheesh, what more do they need to see to be convinced of our position on terrorism?! If you aren't with us....
Perhaps it's just as well that we have an unused MOAB in the area over there.
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:54:20 PM PDT
by
Reborn
To: Reborn
I thought that 3rd army moving in from kuwait was overkill !
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:57:34 PM PDT
by
f.Christian
(( who you gonna call ... 1 800 orc // evo bstr ))
To: MadIvan
In Syria's case, they're probably trying to get us to invade them, biding their time by fleecing the Iraqi government's refugees who have fled with the nation's treasure to Syria.
I think we need to consolidate our Iraqi position before dealing with Syria more forcefully.
I like to see the British Foreign Office taking the lead in diplomacy here. Especially with Iran. Britain gets to play the 'good cop'. (Tony: "Oh please, don't do ______ or my friend George, the bad cop, will come beat the hell out of you... I can't stop him when he gets like this...")
To: MadIvan
I just read this German article in today's "Spiegel" online.
They were saying that the US/Rumsfeld speed tactic worked against a "rotted out" Iraqi, but that it would be a lot different with other armies.
The article said the Syrian army was highly armed and it's society was well off. The US would have a hard time against Syria, according to the article.
This is the "Spiegel", which has been decidely anti-American in it's reporting, AFAIC.
Are there any arms wizards out there who would care to comment on this?
These guys are beginning to irritate me.
"Spiegel" (in German).."Speed Kills"
longjack
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posted on
04/10/2003 4:58:07 PM PDT
by
longjack
To: MadIvan
Syria has chosen poorly. They almost seem to be asking for it.
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posted on
04/10/2003 5:10:44 PM PDT
by
Mister Baredog
((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
To: MadIvan
What does Syria have that we want? Or what does invading Syria accomplish that we want? There has to be some reason that the American people will accept. Other than considering Asad a very, very dangerous man, I don't know that much about Syria itself.
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04/10/2003 5:11:16 PM PDT
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templar
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