[lbo-talk] max: re syria

Shane Mage shmage at pipeline.com
Tue Apr 15 20:54:44 PDT 2003


Israel is subject to none of the constraints militating against US aggression on Syria. When Bush gives the word, Sharon will go.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things."

Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64


>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
>
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