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2007-09-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israeli airstrike exposed & weakened Syria
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Posted by Fred 2007-09-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Syria 

#1 I say to Syria: "Nuts!" It confused the Krauts at Bastogne and it'll mess up the Syrians even worse. Come and get it Bashar. This ain't the Yids who skulked around the Souk in Damascus. This is is the New Jew. Don't F*ck with us!
Posted by Gleck Unavising7367 2007-09-14 00:12||   2007-09-14 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2  ...and jettisoning ammunition in its territory,
heh. never heard it phrased quite that way before......
Posted by Lorenzo Sforza7572 2007-09-14 00:21||   2007-09-14 00:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Syria is reportedly denying that the IAF struck weaposn shipments meant for H-E-Zbollah - no response yet as for H-I-Zbullah [Hizzies], or the Huzzies, etc.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-14 01:39||   2007-09-14 01:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Barak sucked as PM, but clearly fits in nicely as Min. of Defense. Syria should have been "humiliated" and actually pressed til it crached years ago. Oh, I forgot - we DID pull out all the stops - didn't Colin Powell wag his finger at Damascus or utter harsh words, or something?

That showed 'em.
Posted by Verlaine 2007-09-14 02:50||   2007-09-14 02:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Proponents of talking to Syria argue that doing so would encourage it to reduce its involvement in Lebanon, loosen its ties with Iran and stop letting insurgents cross its border into Iraq

Base assumption here: Western logic. Don't use it to model ME/muslim responses simply because you don't understand ME/muslim logic. It will take you to the same place that the dinosaurs wandered off to.
Posted by gorb 2007-09-14 03:12||   2007-09-14 03:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Before this unpleasantness is over, my assessment is Basher will be apologizing and saying the strikes were actually pert of on-going Syrian Air Force exercises. Appears there may be a little dab or two of North Korean poo on his shoe. Things are definately ratcheting up. Everyone here is expecting the Iranian bullshit flag may be thrown at any minute.
Posted by Besoeker 2007-09-14 04:02||   2007-09-14 04:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Take good care of your kids for us, Besoeker. Tell them we love them, and are proud of them, and know they'll git 'er done!
Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-14 06:52||   2007-09-14 06:52|| Front Page Top

#8 In WWII, "Bomber" Harris used to talk of "exporting" bombs to Germany.
Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds  2007-09-14 07:43|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]  2007-09-14 07:43|| Front Page Top

#9 I think it was a preemptive strike and a slap in the face. Israel's way of saying, "We don't care what nasty stuff you bring into your country. We will blow it up and take it wherever it is and there isn't a Allendamned thing you can do about it, Zippy. Understand?"
Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader  2007-09-14 09:41||   2007-09-14 09:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Should have dropped one on Pencildick's Pencilneck's palace. The message might have been clearer and more effective.
Posted by JohnQC 2007-09-14 11:55||   2007-09-14 11:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Certainly, Israeli air force officers are said to be jubilant about the mission's success, though officials have stayed tight-lipped, and those Israeli journalists who hint that they know what happened aren't telling.

This is the most shocking detail of the piece; the notion of a press corps not manned by opportunists and traitors.
Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-14 14:49||   2007-09-14 14:49|| Front Page Top

#12 the notion of a press corps not manned by opportunists and traitors.

Just egomaniacs and self-promoters.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-09-14 19:53||   2007-09-14 19:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Arab press coverage of US losses in Iraq, conveys the illusion of US weakness. Arabs weren't told that Hizbollah hid missiles in family residences during Israel's invasion last Summer, thus they believe that Israel is weak. Message: they could get reckless.
Posted by McZoid 2007-09-14 20:22||   2007-09-14 20:22|| Front Page Top

#14 ME NEWS > Lebanon is claiming that four Israeli warplanes entered their airspace.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-09-14 23:50||   2007-09-14 23:50|| Front Page Top

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