Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Are You Syrious?

The White House sent a not-so-subtle hint to Damascus and Teheran with its statement today:
We are therefore increasingly concerned by mounting evidence that the Syrian and Iranian governments, Hizballah, and their Lebanese allies are preparing plans to topple Lebanon's democratically-elected government led by Prime Minister Siniora.
Funny how Lebanon wasn't such an important democratic ally back in August. Funnier still, BBC has the apparently straightfaced response from Damascus:
"We, in Syria, respect the sovereignty of Lebanon, we are not interfering on this, and we call on the United States to follow suit and not to interfere in Lebanese domestic issues"
Who us? Interfere in Lebanon? Where would you get that idea?

In the interests of full disclosure, Global Review also occupied Lebanon, but we did so for a much shorter period than Syria and with far less ordnance. In addition, we had a visa.

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