[lbo-talk] max: re syria

[Stephen E Philion]

max, 
you asked me how i felt syria could defend itself against the US. Lemme 
clarify, I shoulda written could defend itself better than Iraq and 
probably enough so that the US won't attack. The pentagon seems to have 
a penchant for attacking governments with ruined militaries and 
depleted resources like Iraq or Afghanistan. 
Syria obviously is not a military powerhouse, but it hasn't been 
subjected to 12 years of sanctions and bombings, so I'm guessing the US 
would be rather wary of getting involved in a military battle with 
Syria.
Right now it looks like all this saber rattling is a pretext to achieve 
some form of sanctions or the like. It's hard to imagine other nations 
going along with this I'd think, but that does appear to be the goal.  

steve