US attacks Syria - 7 dead

[HAL 9000 96]

Interesting move - obviously a parting shot to take away any chance Obama may have of "negotiating" with Syria.

Don't be too sure of that. Even though we'd like to believe the rest of the world sometimes hates us to oblivion, even the Syrians know there is an election this year and its results may yet give them someone with enough gray matter to be able to be diplomatic before firing.

[mawilson 2,133]

If al Qaeda really was there, borders don't matter. We go after countries that harbor terrorists - it's official policy.

[mawilson 2,133]

Interesting move - obviously a parting shot to take away any chance Obama may have of "negotiating" with Syria.

Don't be too sure of that. Even though we'd like to believe the rest of the world sometimes hates us to oblivion, even the Syrians know there is an election this year and its results may yet give them someone with enough gray matter to be able to be diplomatic before firing.

Israel is still technically at war with Syria (since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.)

Now we are too

[HAL 9000 96]

Interesting move - obviously a parting shot to take away any chance Obama may have of "negotiating" with Syria.

Don't be too sure of that. Even though we'd like to believe the rest of the world sometimes hates us to oblivion, even the Syrians know there is an election this year and its results may yet give them someone with enough gray matter to be able to be diplomatic before firing.

Israel is still technically at war with Syria (since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.)

Now we are too

Wars come and go.

We were technically at war with Vietnam for a while too and look how profitable things got.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I believe we are technically still at war with North Korea.

[HAL 9000 96]

Vikings are still technically at war with most English tribes... and things are not so bad anymore are they?

[Ban Hammer 14,584]

Vikings are still technically at war with most English tribes... and things are not so bad anymore are they?

[Otto 83]

Current Conflicts around the world...:

Algeria Insurgency 1992 -->

Angola Cabinda 1975 -->

Burma Insurgency 1950 -->

China Senkaku Islands 1968 -->

China Spratly Islands 1988 -->

Colombia Insurgencies 1970s-->

Congo (Zaire) Congo War 1998-->

Georgia Civil War 1991-->

India Assam 1985 -->

India Kashmir 1970s-->

India Naxalite Uprising 1967 -->

Indonesia Aceh 1986 -->

Indonesia Kalimantan 1983 -->

Indonesia Maluku 1999 -

Indonesia Papua / West Irian 1963 -->

Israel Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000 -->

Israel Lebanon 2006 -->

Ivory Coast Civil War 2002 -->

Korea Korean War 1953 -->

Laos Hmong Insurgency 2000 -->

Moldova Transdniester 1991-->

Namibia Caprivi Strip 1966-->

Nepal Maoists 1996 -->

Nigeria Civil Disturbances 1997 -

Pakistan Baluchistan 2004 -

Palestine Civil War 2007-->

Peru Shining Path 1970s-->

Philippines Moro Uprising 1970s-->

Russia Chechen Uprising 1992 -->

Somalia Civil War 1991-->

Spain Basque Uprising 1970s-->

Sri Lanka Tamil Separatists 1983 -->

Sudan Darfur 1983 -->

Thailand Islamic Rebels 2001 -->

Turkey Kurdistan 1984 -->

Uganda Civil Conflict 1980 -->

United States Afghanistan 1980 -->

United States Djibouti 2001 -->

United States Iraq 1990 -->

United States Philippines 1898 -->

Uzbekistan Civil Disturbances 2005 -->

Yemen Sheik al-Houti 2004 -->

[IAMX 3,055]

peejay is right.

As far as I can tell, the facts aren't in yet, except from a Syrian government-run news agency.

If al Qaeda really was there, borders don't matter. We go after countries that harbor terrorists - it's official policy. Iraq was a diversion but maybe this is not?

I am inclined to think cynically and assume this is some kind of evil Bush-Cheney plot, but until I know more I'm gonna withhold judgment.

Evidently you and Bush have in common that the repercussions of bombing sovereign nations isn't really thought through. The entire Middle East isn't going to roll over like the already unstable Afghanistan and Iraq, which itself has presented a problem afterwards. And if we're going to be fair, lets bomb al Quieda in Saudi Arabia, where most of the 9/11 hijackers were from.

Have you stopped to think that maybe there's also terrorism from this side? Or is that not possible?

[Amby 490]

everytime I see this thread I just think of that song "america #### yeah" and burst into laughter. i can't help myself. does this make me a bad person?

[mawilson 2,133]

Sovereign, shmovereign. No-one is sovereign until the United States says so.

[Amby 490]

Sovereign, shmovereign. No-one is sovereign until the United States says so.

what about tribal sovereignty?

[IAMX 3,055]

everytime I see this thread I just think of that song "america #### yeah" and burst into laughter. i can't help myself. does this make me a bad person?

You should have posted the video. Might have made me wave the flag.

[Amby 490]

everytime I see this thread I just think of that song "america #### yeah" and burst into laughter. i can't help myself. does this make me a bad person?

You should have posted the video. Might have made me wave the flag.

I almost did last night but then I couldn't find one that didn't have "#### yeah" flashing across the screen

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Sovereign, shmovereign. No-one is sovereign until the United States says so.

Well, I wouldn't go that far but I certainly would say that if a nation harbors AQ, then their 'sovereignty' isn't worth jackshit.

Thanks to GWB and his little escapade in Iraq, we've forgotten all about 9/11 and AQ and the real war on terror. AQ did it, in case people forgot, and any country they're in is fair game.

That said, I'm not convinced that this really was about AQ. But if it was, then it's allright by me.

Edited October 27, 2008 by A.J.