[2dogs]

I was just watching FNC and Shepard Smith reported that Donald Rumsfeld has warned Syria to stop sending arms/munitions into Iraq, and Iran not to send in anti-Saddam forces as we would treat them as enemy combatants if they got in our way.

Earlier I read a report that Syria was allowing anyone who wanted to join the Iraqi forces in fighting coalition forces to cross their border.

Is this thing going to get hotter real soon?

[Blackhawk]

Liable to go the dying dictatorship of supernova shortly. There are apparently tens of thousands of dead men walking among those of Saddam's henchmen who know that if we don't whack them in battle, they will do the Mussolini March out of life at the hands of mad and vindictive Iraqi citizens or war crimes trials. They just might think their only chance is for the regime to survive -- and they would be right...! :D

[Master Blaster]

Could be Armaggeden (sp?).

Or just the usual anti American radicals and terrorists conducting business as usual. Sort of makes you understand how the Israelis must feel.

:o

[NeverAgain26]

If Syria gets out of line, the U.S. can always unleash the Israelis.

I would give Syria 3 hours ...

... tops.

Israel has already warned Syria that if Hezbollah fires any missiles at Israel, Israel will hold Syria accountable. I doubt they would make that point without consulting with our D.O.D.

NA26

[10-Ring]

If Israel got into this, it would suck in alot of "anti-West" Arab world.
This will get worse before it gets better.

[Blackhawk]

IMO, Iraq is not now able to launch a military attack of any kind on Israel. They would have to resort to homicide bombers or man carried weapons. Then the Palestinians would be considered responsible. Any military attack would be considered as being courtesy of Syria.

[grampster]

So let the rest of the Arab world get involved! Frankly, they won't, as their leaders are pragmatists. They are not fools. The man in the street may be, but not the leaders. None of them have the means to do anything except stand by and get smashed. They have more to gain by running their mouth and doing nothing.

[seeker_two]

I doubt they would make that point without consulting with our D.O.D.

Not likely. Israel has made known that it will drop the hammer if attacked, and it has a few BIG (i.e. nuclear) hammers...:what:

Bush 41 was lucky to talk the Israelis out of attacking Iraq the first time. If attacked now, I don't think ANYONE will be able to turn their wrath...:fire:

And I would give Syria 45 minutes. The Palestinians MIGHT get 3 hours if they start running now...:evil:

[2dogs]

Just wish we had more real friends in the neighborhood.:(

[El Tejon]

God's Monkey House is going to wish they hadn't started this. The Emir is only the beginning. We now have an army lead by a lion, not a deer.

Syria=good job for the army;
Saudi Royal Family=good job for the STs;
Iran=good job for the CIA.

It's blockbusting as our Ingerish allies say. We will soon have a block in Iraqi. Time to start busting monkeys.

[dev_null]

Somebody on one of my other forums had a good idea. Let's create that new homeland for the Palestinians... in France.

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[Blackhawk]

Somebody on one of my other forums had a good idea. Let's create that new homeland for the Palestinians... in France.That is a good idea. Since there's a huge Muslim contingent in Paris, they already have a good start. That's where Khomeni hid out before Shaw Palavi was tossed out of Iran.