A few rhetorical questions about Israel/Lebanon/Iran/Syria

[radfringe]

beyond the fighting -- a few questions on how this will impact the political scene

For quite awhile - I've been posing the scenario of Israel bombing and Iranian nuke facility, Iran responds and the US jumps in to protect Israel. While the current situation doesn't match my scenario exactly - it is pretty close.

1. When will bush invade Lebanon/Iran/Syria? Before or after November (s)elections? keep in mind the current polling numbers regarding Dems vs Repubs. A tipping to the Dem favor could seriously change bush's invasion time table.

2. Will the repub congress initiate a resolution to support a bush invasion before they recess?

3. How will linking Israel/Lebanon/Iran/Syria to the war on terror effect congressional campaigns? (doesn't matter if it is related or not - it will be used by candidates)

4. The media run-up to the Iraq invasion began in the spring of 2002, in September 2002 (when bush returned from vacation) the big media blitz of unveiling a new product began. Will the same thing be repeated?

5. (good for a snorting chuckle) Discounting which party controls (or will control congress) - If congress rejects bush's call for a resolution to invade Lebanon/Iran/Syria in order to protect Israel, will the bushies then cite/manipulate the Iraq resolution and state this resolution already gives him the power to invade more countries?

6. When do we go to an orange terror alert?

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[Dover]

2. I had a dream about Syria.....

About 6 weeks ago I had a dream about unexpected military activity in Syria. And for some reason this dream came with a date....the 4th. I don't know the month, but the day was very clear...for what it's worth.

I'm reminded that just before we invaded Iraq there were meetings in Europe of ex-Iraqis leaders who were purportedly discussing the imminent regime change in Iraq and the overthrow of Sadam. Of course they were supported by the U.S., the U.K. and Israel no doubt.

Well here's a similar story with Syria being targeted for regime change:


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1148482108994&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull


JPost.com » Middle East » Article


Jun. 5, 2006 13:08 | Updated Jun. 5, 2006 14:41
Syrian exiles planning regime change
By ASSOCIATED PRESS



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Key Syrian opposition figures met Monday in London to discuss ways of working together to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime.

Describing Assad's regime as corrupt, the opposition leaders said they were aiming to bring democracy to Syria, which has been ruled by Assad since the death of his father, Hafez, in 2000.

Two of the group's most prominent members include former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam and Ali Sadr el-Din Bayanouni, head of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The two exiled leaders forged an alliance in March after long being at odds, forming a "front of national salvation" and urging the formation of a transitional government.

The alliance has pledged that the proposed transitional government would abolish the 1963 state of emergency and release all political prisoners.

Diverse groups are represented in the front, including former members of the ruling Baath party and the outlawed Brotherhood, a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim group blamed for a campaign of assassinations and bombings in Syria in the early 1980s that was brutally crushed by authorities. It also includes a representative from the Kurdish minority as well as liberal and democratic groups.

A member of Syria's ruling elite for three decades, Khaddam broke with Assad last year and fled to Paris with his family. He is seen as being wary of Assad.

...cont'd

[radfringe]

3. yep - lots of similarities

the only thing missing at the moment are references to WMDS

but that may come soon - remember the bushies have maintained Saddam "moved" all the WMDs across the border into Syria?

my bet is on a "Wild WMD Chase" booga-booga terra-terra blitz in the media soon

at the current moment I don't see how the bushies will be able to immediately invade Syria or Iran - however there are the border wars, once the shooting starts no one really knows who started it

[Dover]

4. Yes, I expect alot of hype around the WMD/Syria connection

They've been laying the groundwork for that story recently to renew it's place in people's consciousness. And of course the GOP thinks that will vindicate them, while providing the same cover story for entering Syria. My further concern is that they'll attempt to make it more convincing by letting loose one of those beasts on the American public (another 'terrorist attack'), in a bloody attempt to apply another shock treatment to get us to fall in line. Brace yourselves.

[radfringe]

6. I expect

an Orange alert about 2-3 weeks before nov (s)election in at least 3-4 major cities if not an all out national orange alert

[Dover]

5. And then there is the question of true motivations for invading Syria/Iran

THE ROVING EYE
Russia and Iran lead the new energy game
By Pepe Escobar

Whatever the West may have thought about it, Russian President Vladimir Putin has already spectacularly preempted this weekend's Group of Eight (G8) summit in St Petersburg with his own bit of Pipelineistan news. Putin announced in Shanghai on June 15 that "Gazprom is ready to support the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan and India with financial resources and technology".

He was referring to a fabled US$7 billion, 2,775-kilometer, 10-year old project - an Iranian idea - which should now be finished by 2009, developed by Gazexport, a Gazprom subsidiary. As a result, by 2015 both India and Pakistan should be receiving at least 70 million cubic meters of natural gas a year.

Thus the two top global gas producers - Russia and Iran - reached a strategic partnership abiding not only by their own interests but the interests of India, Pakistan, China and part of Central Asia, something that spells nothing less than an auspicious economic future for a great deal of Asia - independent from any American interference. Washington was not amused.

Not surprisingly, everyone else in the region begged to differ. For Iran this represents the coveted Pipelineistan way to the east. India will save at least $300 million a year. Pakistan will receive as much as $600 million a year in transit fees. The pipeline will inevitably be extended to Yunnan province in China. No wonder the announcement was made at the annual meeting of the Chinese-inspired Shanghai Cooperation Organization...cont'd

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/HG14Dj03.html