"DSK" wrote in message
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And up until last week, Syria has been very friendly and cooperative
towards the Bush Administration and vice-versa.


NOYB wrote:
Last week? Horsepoop.

Nope, that's the truth. Bush & Cheney can be very cozy with terrorist
supporting states such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, when it suits their
own purposes.


So what. Yes, we used them like a cheap whore...because we needed their
cooperation in order to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.


And unfortunately, that's the truth.

... You obviously don't read much.

Nope, actually I read a fair amount... of course, I don't put much stock
in carefully selected & edited & spun versions of anybody's political
tub-thumping

Hehehe. So my citing the 2003 "Syria Accountability Act" is editing and
spinning, eh? You're becoming a lost cause.

If you read the bill, it's quite clear that the idea of holding Syria's feet
to the fire is nothing new.

BTW--Why did you snip the following?

" To halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop
its development of weapons of mass destruction, cease its illegal
importation of Iraqi oil, and hold Syria accountable for its role in the
Middle East, and for other purposes. "

This bill was authored in May 2003, and signed by Bush in December of that
same year.

It's the same type of bill that led us down the path towards war with Iraq.
Ironically, both bills (the Iraq and Syrian bills) were co-authored by
Republicans *and* Democrats...and the Iraqi accountability bill was signed
by a Democratic president.