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2006-07-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The Syrian Choice: Scuds with or without Chemical Warheads

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-30 17:03|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let's hope this 24 hour suspension is giving them time to get them into place.

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2006-07-30 17:49|| 2006-07-30 17:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Chem weapons = possible nuke response

publicly order evacuation of all foreigners from Syria, should intel indicate distribution to Syrian OR Hezb forces, and bomb as needed. Try to avoid the kurds....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-07-30 18:11|| 2006-07-30 18:11|| Front Page Top

#3 With even a single bio-chem launch, Syria's entire military and government infrastructure should be reduced to smoking rubble. A combination of American and Israeli forces should provide the service. No nuclear weapons, please, even though they would not be unwarranted. Assad needs to be put on notice to keep his nose clean regarding this. Syria's meddling has been nothing short of infuriating for some decades now. Time for them to walk on eggshells.

Posted by Zenster 2006-07-30 18:53|| 2006-07-30 18:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't forget that Iraq's WMDs have been smuggled into Syria at the end of 2002, as told by George Sada in his book Saddam's secrets, and that the Israeli generals have since been planning for their use against Israel.

Posted by leroidavid">leroidavid 2006-07-30 19:11|| 2006-07-30 19:11|| Front Page Top

#5 leroidavid: we were probably very clear to the Russians that it would be to everyone's advantage both that the WMDs both be shipped out, then *buried*, deeply, in Syria.

It served everyone's interest, and even the Israelis noted that the WMDs were buried, when the blew the story.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-30 19:19|| 2006-07-30 19:19|| Front Page Top

#6 With even a single bio-chem launch, Syria's entire military and government infrastructure should be reduced to smoking rubble.

Amen to that but I'm not entirely certain that it would be wise to limit a response to conventional weapons only. Allowing the Islamonuts or their fellow travelers to cross the WMD rubicon while earning only conventional response might well be interpreted as a sign of the extreme weakness of the western position. No need to wave the proverbial red flag in front of the Iranian bull, better that the response to any such provocation be swift, overwhelming, non-conventional, and (to the greatest degree possible) targeted towards military infrastructure and away from civilian populations.

Posted by AzCat 2006-07-30 19:53|| 2006-07-30 19:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Massive retaliation would be required for any crossing of the the WMD firebreak. Any use of WMD must be a death sentence for the country that uses them. Not necessarily nuclear, but comptete destruction. And it is not only a message for the Islamolooneys. NKor, China, and Russia would also note a wobbly response to WMD use.

Posted by SR-71 2006-07-30 22:32|| 2006-07-30 22:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Good luck. I'll bet the Kerry's and Murtha's have already written their speech to defer to the U.N. if WMD are used.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-07-30 22:35|| 2006-07-30 22:35|| Front Page Top

#9 One fart of non-conventional force - one drop, and it will be level time.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-07-30 23:39|| 2006-07-30 23:39|| Front Page Top

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