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Wednesday, April 09, 2003
Syria watchThe whole administration seems to be saying, with pretty much one voice, that we have no battle plan for Syria, no plans to invade. I hope not. But let's look at how the wind's blowing. First, there's a rumor that Saddam moved chemical and biological weapons across the border last December. ("Hussein wanted to hide his weapons, and I think the Americans know that," said Ariel Sharon, the source of this intelligence.) Also, Israel's Debkafile reports -- maybe not reliably -- that Saddam has been living in a luxury villa on the Syrian coast since last week. Rumsfeld has already warned Syria against helping Iraqi resistance, and today in his press conference he said Washington wanted peace with Iran and Syria, but "that depends on people's actions." In other words, we don't want war, but if we find a reason to go to war ...
All of us at Radio Free Mike are against setting up an American imperium -- or Lebanon -- in the heart of the Middle East, and Josh Marshall has laid out a nightmare-scenario road map for just that kind of future. Yes, I know I just posted the same article below, but some things deserve the attention. Read it again, and see if Rumsfeld's remark today isn't in line with Marshall's theory.
posted by Michael Scott Moore |
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