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Iraq and Syria in collusion, hiding WMD?

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4/18/2003 11:47 PM

Iraq and Syria in collusion, hiding WMD?

Perhaps Saddam and Syria, both being ruled by the Baath party and supporters of terrorism, and having recently thawed relationships with one another, conspired together to hide Iraq's WMD's across the Syrian border, with quick, easy access anytime they're needed?

We're reasonably certain Syria now provides shelter for Iraqi leaders. We're absolutely certain Syria headquarters Hezbullah and other terrorists, and we know that Syrian fighers fought against US and British troops in Iraq.

Is it such a leap to wonder if perhaps Saddam made a deal with al-Assad to hide his WMDs as a means of humiliating America? You know; now the world is saying "where are the WMD's? Where is the justification for the war?" I don't believe for a moment that Saddam voluntarily disarmed; because if he had, it would have been a simple matter to show the evidence to Hans Blix a year ago!

4/19/2003 12:21 AM
LFOscalator	So what's your point. Are you advocating taking over Syria as well? LFO

4/19/2003 12:41 AM
Ross M.	LFO, I'm seeing the beginnings of evidence that Bush wants to take over Syria as well. The media is pointing out the same kind of things that they did before anyone was thinking of an attack on Iraq.

4/19/2003 1:17 AM

For what it's worth, I heard a pretty smart sounding Middle East expert the other day saying it probably wouldn't happen, and that if it did, it would probably be a year or two off. His feeling was that we've got lots of ways of pressuring Syria (to cough up WMD's or escaped Iraqi Ba'athists I suppose) short of the military option, and that we'd exhaust those first before invading or whatever.

My feeling is that invading Syria would be tough to pull off politically. I don't think Americans are ready for more warring. Also, Bush had to get permission from congress to go to war with Iraq and I assume he'd probably have to do the same for Syria. Somehow I don't see that happening. It's just too much.

But who knows. I can see a certain logic in cleaning out all the Ba'ath Party rot in one fell swoop.

MT

4/19/2003 1:45 AM

Yes, you make a good point. Syria won't be invaded immediately but down the road is another matter.

Personally, I believe Iraq was invaded directly as a result of 9/11. Bush is out to make sure "9/11 TWO" never happens. From his way of thinking, you can only do this if you get rid of all leaders and governments that have a past history of terrorism directed at western civilization. I think Syria could be in his sights long term as well as North Korea.

On the surface such a plan sounds like a good idea, but in the long run it risks breeding desparation, hate, and discontent against the US, which in turn could give rise to more suicide terrorist acts in the US. In other words, the Bush plan could backfire.

Let's face it. Your average person is not a suicide bomber. Not even your average follower of Mohammad and Islam. No -- what makes for a suicide bomber is extreme desparation. Make conditions so bad that life is no longer perceived to be worth living and you have an environment that will breed suicide bombers.

I'm not sure the Bush Administration realizes this process. Common sense tells you that you can always rebuild buildings after you have bombed them, but it will be more difficult to rebuild the minds of little children that have gone through the horrors of war. How many of these children will become suicide bombers when they are still experiencing the desparation of repeated war when they are adults?

LFO

4/20/2003 2:19 PM

Yes Syria is a country that supports terror. We had even threated Syria with a military operation to make them discontinue their support of PKK/KADEK.
But IMO 9/11 has made Americans a bit paranoid.
Where were you before? USA is not the only country that has suffered from terror. In fact "Good afternoon after supper" is what needs to be said.
Same is true for Europe but they haven't yet woken up and they still continue to support terrorists who fight in the name of "freedom and democracy". When asked to shut down the DHKP/C center in Belgium they have said something funny: "We dont have anti-terror law in Belgium". Ha! Same goes for Germany, who didn't hand out the leader of an Islamic fundemantalist terrorist group leader to Turkey for decades and still does not recognize KADEK to be a terrorist group. I wont repeat the actions of Italy and Greece. I guess as long as these terrorists do not harm Europe, they dont intend to do anything about it.

BTW, where are the weapons of mass destruction? Well, I guess before you make a military operation against S.Arabia (from which most 9/11 suspects were), one must secure world's oil supply with an alternative. Good strategy, though.

Kursad

4/21/2003 3:40 PM
Skreddy	Confirmed http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/international/worldspecial/21CHEM.html

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