"DSK" wrote in message
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Yet further proof that invading Iraq was the wrong thing to do... wrong
country at the wrong time...

NOBBY quote:
Egypt and Syria Play Ball -- No Thanks to the Left
By Ben Johnson
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 28, 2005

From Hosni Mubarak's opening up Egyptian elections for the first time, to
Syria's strong efforts to accommodate American demands for withdrawal
from Lebanon and for cooperation in Iraq, the Middle East is changing

So when are you leaving for that motorcycle trip you cancelled because it
was too dangerous in Lebanon?


If I wanted danger, I'd ride a motorcycle around Naples in the middle of
season. But I don't drive a motorcycle

BTW Syria has been occupying Lebanon for at least 25 years. Back when I
was in the Navy, and Reagan was President, there was a big operation
against Syrian backed militias, and then almost simultaneously we
intervened to protect Palestinian civilians from the Isrealis. I was there
and saw much of it first-hand.

So why is this a priority for Bush all of a sudden?

Because Syria is the wedge between Israeli and Palestinian peace.

Why is the remote possibility of re-opening peace negotiations reckoned as
a huge success?

You're kidding, right?
With Arafat gone, Abbas seems to be pointing the Palestinians in a new
direction (but Hizbollah isn't cooperating).