"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"John H" wrote in message
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Interesting idea, but there are problems with it.

1) There is little or no reason for us not to go after it, whether
Syria
likes it or not. First of all, they're an inconsequential force, and
second,
we've already demonstrated that we have little or no regard for the
sovereignty of other countries. Why not just tell the Bashar al-Asad
that
we're stopping by for a little visit?

2) It's still a condemnation of the cowboy who waved his dick at Saddam
for
close to a year before actually doing anything. You want a great
conspiracy
theory? Bush *wanted* to give Saddam plenty of time to move the stuff
over
the border.

Think about that last sentence.

Wait a minute -- we went to Iraq, according to the best you guys had
to offer, to steal the Iraq oil. Does Syria have a lot of oil? No?
Then why would we go there?

John, I'm finally going along with the nouveau-Kremlin's thinking! You
should love this. I'm saying that since we no longer believe in borders,
Bush should put his money where his mouth is. If he thinks the WMDs were
shuffled into Syria, he should go after them. That was his main reason for
spanking Iraq. Why not stick to his guns and chase the same weapons into
Syria?

What's to say that isn't on the agenda? In fact, the Syrian Accountability
Act isn't much different from the Iraqi Regime Change Act. It's a prelude
to an armed conflict if Syria doesn't do an about-face.

If you don't think so, read some excerpts and Findings:

(5) the Government of Syria should halt the development and deployment of
medium- and long-range surface-to-surface missiles and cease the development
and production of biological and chemical weapons;

(20) The Government of Syria is pursuing the development and production of
biological and chemical weapons and has a nuclear research and development
program that is cause for concern.

(30) On March 28, 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned: '[W]e
have information that shipments of military supplies have been crossing the
border from Syria into Iraq, including night-vision goggles ... These
deliveries pose a direct threat to the lives of coalition forces. We
consider such trafficking as hostile acts, and will hold the Syrian
government accountable for such shipments.'

(34) On April 13, 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld charged that
'busloads' of Syrian fighters entered Iraq with 'hundreds of thousands of
dollars' and leaflets offering rewards for dead American soldiers.



Keep in mind that this resolution was passed *after* the armed conflict with
Iraq...and had a near-unanimous vote from Congress (only 4 "nays").