Neocon Wet Dream
Jul 31st, 2006 at 6:31 pm by Susie
This is what they’ve been praying for, and it looks like Syria’s playing into their hands:
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the Syrian military on Monday to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
“We are facing international circumstances and regional challenges that require caution, alert, readiness and preparedness,” Assad said.
“The barbaric war of annihilation the Israeli aggression is waging on our people in Lebanon and Palestine is increasing in ferocity,” Assad said in a written address on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syria Arab Army.
Syria is “playing into their hands” by preparing to defend itself against possible attacks? What a bizarre thing to say.
Israel Takes Boy George to School
Thank heaven Israel knows what it is doing in the Middle East. By entering into a ceasefire at this point they are acting in their own best interests, instead of the interest of Bush and his neocon-artists.
The Israeli government knows it lives in a tough neighborhood. Despite repeated attempts by Boy George to enlist them in his “War on Terror,” and expand the war in the Middle East, the Israelis refused.
Recognizing that their initial strategy of waging an air war and limited strikes into southern Lebanon was a failure, they used the threat of full-scale invasion to force an end to hostilities.
Unlike what Bush is doing in Iraq they adapted deftly to the surpise of Hezbollah’s strength, and have put off a final showdown for a later day. The next time, and there will be a next time, they will have had time to assess this operation and see what changes need to be made.
While Bush flounders by “staying the course” in Iraq, the more experienced Israelis knew when to stop. Withdrawal from southern Lebanon will not be considered “cutting and running” in Israel. It is a tactical manuever.
Certainly, implementation of the ceasefire can go haywire, but Israel has conducted its foreign policy in a much more sophisticated way than Bush has conducted ours.