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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:28 PM
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Am I the only one that thinks the Lebanon/Syria story...............
is getting WAY too much press? I know it was a horrible act and that Syria should get the hell out of Lebanon, but from the reaction from the press, you'd think the world was coming to an end.

Is this an attempt by the bush controlled media to soften up Americans for the up-coming invasion of Syria, Iran and every other country in the Mid-East that the bush administration deems "problematic"?

Is this THAT big a story, and if so WHY? I really don't understand. Any enlightenment here would be helpful. Thanks.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:29 PM
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1. I'm not so sure the CIA didn't do the job in the first place
wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:32 PM
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2. Yeah...and a mosque caught fire in Iran too
I had that thought on the Lebanon issue as well
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:42 PM
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7. Exactly, that one made me wonder too..............
all of this crap erupting at once, all very divisive and unsettling. AND we know the government has "double secret teams" in the Mid-East to disrupt, do recon and god knows what else. I smell a VERY big rat here, and it's name is the United States government.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:35 PM
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4. It was my FIRST thought when I read about it
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:40 PM
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6. My thoughts exactly! n/t
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benddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:33 PM
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3. just a good excuse
to invade syria. It is on their plans.
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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:35 PM
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5. Thats the first thing I thought
when I saw this story.

Then Condo-lies-er made an appearance to do some sabre rattling.

I am paranoid.
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BeFree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:47 PM
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8. Ramping it up
Gotta get the people stirred up and wanting revenge before they launch a few missiles into Syria. Ya just know there's some itchy fingers on those buttons, heck, it's been two years since they last fired all those missiles into Iraq.

Besides, war is good for the economy, or have yall forgot?
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skylarmae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:47 PM
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9. where are all the troops going to come from?
Since we invaded Iraq, I don't think that there are enough to go anywhere else, unless we issue up a hell of a big draft and then by the time enough troops are ready to head out anywhere, how long down the road is that???
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Ripley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:49 PM
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10. White House reporter on TV said
a Pentagon spokesman said "don't be surprised if there are surgical strikes on bases in Syria" tonight. No boots, just bombs.

Why doesn't someone stop us?
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:58 PM
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12. They will..................
I think that's been the plan of "third world" countries all along. Get the United States' forces spread out into so many theaters that it's impossible to repel a concerted attack on ANY front. The old enemies forget differences enough to wipe the U.S. off the map.

It was a scenario from one of Tom Clancey's books, I think "Red Storm". That was back when I thought Clancey had some talent and wasn't just another conservative shill.

The Clancey book wasn't counting on having someone as stupid and inept as the bush administration though, so the U.S. repelled the attacks. I don't think we'd be as lucky in real life under the bush regime.
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agitpropagent9 Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 07:52 PM
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11. it's a bad situation in a pivotal time.
sharon is getting ready to release prisoners, pull back settlers, etc and abbas has boldly declared the PLO/israel war as "over". iraq, no matter what you might think about the war, is trying to find its way to a coalition government (and i personally root for its success, so we can bring the boys home). ditto with afghanistan.

this is a real opportunity for some relative stability in the middle east, and syria is showing its ass.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:01 PM
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13. But IS it Syria............................
that's the question. Someone is orchestrating all of this unrest and knowing the bush regime, I wouldn't doubt they had a hand in it.
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:06 PM
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15. WE have no idea who it is...... we do know who the WWH wants
that is a RED flag.
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cthrumatrix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:04 PM
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14. Waaaaaay tooooo much ---- this troubles me
this seems to be a WH issue (or a diversion from the WH/Gannon issue)

there are red flags when all the press moves in unison like this with ZERO facts or investigations done.
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Paintedlady Donating Member (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:25 PM
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16. My first thought
when I heard the news, was that we did it to stir up some crap so we can blame Syria.
This article has the same idea.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8060.htm
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MarcJacobs4 Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:29 PM
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17. I'm from the Middle East so I'm loving
all the coverage!
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Emboldened Chimp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-05 08:33 PM
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18. Yeah, how many similar suicide bombings happen in Iraq...
...every damned day?
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