Comments on: Syria Flames Up

By: George E. Kantor

George E. Kantor — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:26:27 +0000

You are right,Egypt is also dictatorial and it just one step away to a possible fundamentilast “take-over”. Probably the Israelis care less for Egypt than about Iran and Syria.
My best

By: Jon H

Jon H — Mon, 27 Oct 2003 02:32:58 +0000

“In both countries the power is dictatorial, no “ease up” is practical.”

Power in Egypt is also dictatorial. Why don’t you include them?

Oh, that’s right, the peace treaty between Israel and dictatorial Egypt.

By: George E. Kantor

George E. Kantor — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 13:55:16 +0000

I feel Syria’s fate -as a base for terrorists – is doomed. For Israelis to survive sooner or later must knock out WMD-s both in Iran and in Syria.
In both countries the power is dictatorial, no “ease up” is practical. Any internal power vacuum would lead a Caucesques ending for the regimes. As Michael Ledeen often says: “faster please.

By: Mark Lindsay

Mark Lindsay — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 13:41:53 +0000

Syria is encouraging this. Assad figures that secularism is losing in the Middle East – Iraq, Libya. We’ve kept out of Iran, though. Afghanistan was an exception because of the direct link of the Taliban to Bin Laden.

So, encourage a populist movement against the US to shield yourself from a US incursion.

Besides, we had troops in Saudi Arabia for years, so being in Iraq is not exactly a change.

By: roach

roach — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 07:51:34 +0000

Yeah Syria was like the Mid-east Switzerland before, what with their 20 year occupation of Lebanon, support for Hezbollah and the PFLP, and their own development of WMDs.

Moreoever, Syria’s not stupid. This is calculated. Kind of kicking out the trash and figuring out which families/mosques to keep an eye on. And it’s a nice proxy way for them to fuck with us.

This is all orchestrated from on high. The Assads control everything. It’s like the anti-American demonstrations in China. The authorities could turn it on or off at will. Think Hama.