Arabs Urged To Face US Threats (REMEMBER SYRIA?)

Sky News ^ | September 1, 2002 | Sky News

[MadIvan]

Syria was never our friend; we should not be surprised.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Mr. Mojo]

This time next year, the majority of Syria will be occupied by Israel.

[Mo1]

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is urging Arab and Muslim countries to unite in the face of US threats and "foreign conspiracies" as Washington prepares for a possible attack on Iraq.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm .. urging?? .. could there be not that much support in the Arab world in backing Iraq ???

[MadIvan]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm .. urging?? .. could there be not that much support in the Arab world in backing Iraq ???

Or Syria might fear they are next. A legitimate fear considering what type of nonsense they attempt to perpetrate.

Regards, Ivan

[Stultis]

Syria and Iran, both erstwhile enemies of Baghdad, oppose any strike on Iraq which they fear could spread to target them.

Credit where credit is due. At least to this limited extent they are thinking straight!

[sheik yerbouty]

Isaiah 1:17 about sums it up!

[Mr. Mojo]

Isaiah 1:17 about sums it up!

Refresh my memory.

[Stultis]

could there be not that much support in the Arab world in backing Iraq ???

No, no, no. Haven't you heard all the declarations from Saudi Arabia/Syria/Jordan/Yemen/UAE/Iran/etc? Saddam has the mother of all support. It's a mile wide.

...and an inch deep.

[Mo1]

Yes I've hear a lot of things being thrown around

But what's that saying .. Actions speak louder then words??

[Cacique]

What these guys are afraid of is the fact that elections could break out at any minute in half of these countries. Democracy is a bigger threat to the Middle Eastern despotic regimes than anything else.

God forbid there might be a move to abolish things like slavery or give women the right to own property or vote.

Democracy and elections is worse for them than having thermonuclear devices explode in their midst.

[End Times Sentinel]

Isaiah 1 :17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Owl_Eagle

”Unleash the Hogs of Peace.”

[Blackyce]

"Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow." Isaiah 1:17 NIV

I dont know what he was getting at, but here it is.

[Mr. Mojo]

I dont know what he was getting at

That makes two of us.

[GVnana]

Terrorists and dictators die exactly the same way anyone else does. Better them than us. The fewer their numbers the safer the world. And their deaths will be an object lesson to others.

[Stultis]

But what's that saying .. Actions speak louder then words??

Yes. That is especially true in the Arab world. Words mean very little. As soon as the war actually begins (if Saddam is not ousted by other means) the Arabs will fall all over themselves in the rush to join the "Great Satan"'s coalition. Once it's all over they'll start up the whining and bragadaccio all over again (albeit with a notable increase in caution and respect).

[Stultis]

Actions speak louder then words??

Another example: Consider Jordan's words about Israel. You would never guess just from what they say that Jordan is one of Israel's closest military allies (in some respects even more important than the United States). Consider what Abdullah II and his Queen say about the Palestine issue. You would never guess that they are, if anything, more circusmpect about the creation of a Palestinian State than Israel is. Now consider that Jordan is one of the best led and most rapidly modernizing states in the Arab world. But still (or maybe even because of this) that can't state the simple truth about nearly any matter of regional import. This should tell you all you need to know about the value of words in the Middle East.

[Stultis]

that can't state the simple truth = they can't state...

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

US President George W. Bush accuses Syria, Iran and Iraq of sponsoring terrorism and has branded Baghdad and Tehran part of an axis of evil bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction.

The leaders in Iran must be insane if they think that the US will allow Iran to possess nukes with the threat of sharing them with terrorists.

Any intelligent Iranian on the internet should know that his life depends on some common logic.

[sheik yerbouty]

I have become dyslexic. i meant Isaiah 17:1 "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap."