SYRIA-OUS PROBLEM
Peter Brooks:
"'MUNCHING a porcupine, quill by quill" is how Winston Churchill once described the hellish combat in World War II's China-Burma-India theater. The quip is apropos of the War on Terror as well. And Syria seems to be our newest quill.
"Ignoring complaints and warnings from most of the rest of the world, Syria continues to sponsor terrorism, pursue weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and allow foreign fighters and terrorists to seep into Iraq. This behavior must meet serious consequences, and soon.
"Damascus provides safe haven to such international killers as Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad, which it considers legitimate resistance groups. The Bush administration says that despite promises to close the spigot, militants and Syrian-based terrorists continue to flow unimpeded across the porous Syrian border into Iraq, resulting in the deaths of American and coalition soldiers, Iraqis and international civil servants in recent weeks. (The CIA has identified Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia as the leading supporters of the insurgency.)
"Estimates of the numbers of foreign jihadists in Iraq stretch into the thousands. Indeed, Syrians are so common among captured militants that the coalition military commanders collectively call the foreign radicals: 'The Syrians.'"
"...Though Syria's not yet in the same disrepute as Iran, its leaders seems to be racing the mullahs to succeed Saddam as the Middle East's most vile regime."
Peter Brooks:
"'MUNCHING a porcupine, quill by quill" is how Winston Churchill once described the hellish combat in World War II's China-Burma-India theater. The quip is apropos of the War on Terror as well. And Syria seems to be our newest quill.
"Ignoring complaints and warnings from most of the rest of the world, Syria continues to sponsor terrorism, pursue weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and allow foreign fighters and terrorists to seep into Iraq. This behavior must meet serious consequences, and soon.
"Damascus provides safe haven to such international killers as Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad, which it considers legitimate resistance groups. The Bush administration says that despite promises to close the spigot, militants and Syrian-based terrorists continue to flow unimpeded across the porous Syrian border into Iraq, resulting in the deaths of American and coalition soldiers, Iraqis and international civil servants in recent weeks. (The CIA has identified Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia as the leading supporters of the insurgency.)
"Estimates of the numbers of foreign jihadists in Iraq stretch into the thousands. Indeed, Syrians are so common among captured militants that the coalition military commanders collectively call the foreign radicals: 'The Syrians.'"
"...Though Syria's not yet in the same disrepute as Iran, its leaders seems to be racing the mullahs to succeed Saddam as the Middle East's most vile regime."
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