US Weighed Military Strikes In Syria

[Ownthink]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051009/wl_mi...yriairaqstrikes (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051009/wl_mideast_afp/ussyriairaqstrikes)

Discuss.

[Che NJ]

If the U.S. sets foot in one more Muslim country, they will have the whole middle-east coming down on them. They're pushing their luck, I can't belive they've gotten away with as much as they've done already. But I guess the Iraq insurgency is doing as much as it can.

[hippieofsorts]

I think we are already screwed in the U.S. this iraq situation is gonna continue to escalate similar to vietnam until we are fighting with more than just iraq, im talking syria, iran, etc... This will lead to a draft and major unrest in the states. things are going to hell in a handbag (excuse my cliche) and there is nothing most people can do to stop it

[bolshevik butcher]

Yeh, i think it'll be a while before the U$ enters another war. I dont know if the U$ public would support it.

[Ownthink]

Originally posted by Clenched [email protected] 10 2005, 12:02 PM
Yeh, i think it'll be a while before the U$ enters another war. I dont know if the U$ public would support it.
I don't think the majority of US Civilians supports the war in Iraq, but hey, there we are, still killing away many people, and even thinking about invading another country! You actually think the neo cons care what the people think about what they do?

[Noah]

Can the USA really afford (im talking money wise) any other conflict on their hands? The Iraq war has cost them alot of $$$

[Ownthink]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10 2005, 04:56 PM
Can the USA really afford (im talking money wise) any other conflict on their hands? The Iraq war has cost them alot of $$$
http://www.costofwar.com

Indeed, you're right there!

[wet blanket]

Oh god I hope this happens.

[Ownthink]

Originally posted by wet [email protected] 10 2005, 05:36 PM
Oh god I hope this happens.
Explain.

[wet blanket]

Originally posted by Ownthink+Oct 10 2005, 09:48 PM--> (Ownthink @ Oct 10 2005, 09:48 PM)
wet [email protected] 10 2005, 05:36 PM
Oh god I hope this happens.
Explain. [/b]
:lol: Well, the US government is already looking pretty bad in the public eye right now with all of the shit that's been going on with Iraq. If they were to begin fucking with Syria too, hopefully we'll see an even bigger(and hopefully more active/confrontational) antiwar movement all over the world.

[Red Flag]

What about the Syrian people?

[enigma2517]

From one side its seems like oppertunism to hope that "something happens", even at the expense of the local population. However, in the end it may spark a strong resistance/movement that would eventually drive out the US Imperialism. That is the first step. There is nothing worse than being occupied by the US and being subject to its policies. You're probably better off in Iran than Saudia Arabia.

Before anything else can be done, most Middle Eastern countries need a modern bourgeoisie revolution. From there, the foundation for a greater international upheaval would be possible.

[Red Flag]

The time of modern bourgeois revolution is long gone.

Within the scope of the present epoch, the working class (and its allies in the peasantry) is the only class capable of carrying out the revolution in undereveloped countries.

[bolshevik butcher]

Originally posted by Ownthink+Oct 10 2005, 08:36 PM--> (Ownthink @ Oct 10 2005, 08:36 PM)
Clenched [email protected] 10 2005, 12:02 PM
Yeh, i think it'll be a while before the U$ enters another war. I dont know if the U$ public would support it.
I don't think the majority of US Civilians supports the war in Iraq, but hey, there we are, still killing away many people, and even thinking about invading another country! You actually think the neo cons care what the people think about what they do? [/b]
Probably not just now, but tehy did when they first went in.

[wet blanket]

Originally posted by Red [email protected] 11 2005, 12:04 PM
What about the Syrian people?
They're not doing all that great to begin with.

[Marat]

And they say that the Iraq war is not like Vietnam. Every day is becoming more and more like Vietnam. Now they want to widen the war.

[Free Palestine]

Syria is the ONLY state on Iraq's borders that is doing much to stop jihadis from coming in. Last time I checked, the Jordanian border was wide open also. The Saudi border has never been policed going into Iraq. As of a few months ago, there was almost no policing of the Iraq borders of Jordan, Syria or Iraq by the US or Iraq. Most of the border patrol sites have been blown up. The border patrol police are cowed, are often not paid, have little or no equipment and often even no uniforms.

The US abandoned the entire northeastern border region after the election and handed it over to Iraq. The Iraqis were promptly chased off. Syria has caught 1,200 trying to go across. Fine. How many has Jordan caught. Jordan doesn't even police its border going into Iraq. How many have the Saudis caught? 5? Official Saudi mosques constantly exhort young men to go to Iraq and nothing is done. In Jordan there is huge support for the anti-Shia Sunni forces in Iraq.

Syria, with a Shia regime, has no good reason to support Shia-hating Sunni jihadis heading into Iraq. The US does indeed have a stated policy of regime change for Syria and threatens Syria all the time. Sanctions have been levied against Syria and Syria is declared an enemy state. Based on that right there, Syria should halt all cooperation with the US and indeed should also halt all dialogue.