posted 04-11-2003 04:32 PM
http://www.piscatorialpursuits.com/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=013101

...seemed more relevant in this conversation because not even two days later we are seeing the anti-Syria rhetoric heat up in the press...

"As usual I have an alternate, somewhat conspiratorial view of where this new american foreign policy is heading...

The core issue between Arabs and the west is western imperialism. Since the Brits left Iraq the last bastion of western imperialism, at least in the Arab view, is Israel. Hard to blame them really...I imagine the same kind of feelings might be generated here if say the Kurds were awarded part of Colorado as some sort of reparations for the atrocities committed at the hands of Saddam. A bad comparison admittedly, but one worth making because it helps explains the Arab view.

Oil is the big Red Herring. Believe me, I think the Bush administration is comfortable with the general population thinking this about oil...or anything else that isn't the truth. Technically they would not be lying that way....

...because the truth is that ultimately this a battle for Arab or western control of Jerusalem and the other Muslim/Christian holy lands. We are now reinforcing our position in the region militarily, if you put yourself in the shoes of an Arab you can see how this creates legitimate fear of further invasions by westerners. So then, can we legitimately expect that Iran or Syria, especially Syria, are next?? Haven't you already heard the rumblings?? Syria are a state that supports Hezbollah (Palestinian terrorists)...intimations that Iraq's WMD were smuggled into Syria during our conflict with Iraq...its all there, remember though that before the conflict with Iraq you would not hear these type of things from the US government.

I'm no nostradamus but I predict that in the very, very near future such rhetoric against the Syrian government is going to heat up big time. IMO, this ultimately good for US 'interest' in the region but bad for our national security."

Now...here's a list of reasons to invade and conquer Syria next...

1. 'Intelligence reports suggest' they have Iraq's WMD...

2. They support terrorist organizations...

3. 'Agents of the Syrian government' (aka, Syrian mercenaries) killed during 'Iraqi Freedom'...

Sound familiar?

Which UN resolution will the United Sates be waving over its head when it invades Syria? Oh...that's right...the rest of the world doesn't need to approve such actions.

Does any one seriously wonder why the Arabs harbor ill will against the West?