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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:21 PM
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Why it looks like it will be Syria instead of Iran<<<<<<
Edited on Thu Mar-10-05 04:22 PM by Stop_the_War
look at this map:



Look how big Iran is compared to Iraq. Then look how big Syria is compared to Iraq.

Population Statistics:

Iraq: 25,374,691
Syria : 17,585,540
Iran: 69,018,924
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:28 PM
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1. kick
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:33 PM
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:34 PM
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3. I'm not sure that size is going to matter
Alliances have been formed where if either gets attacked then the other is considered under attack as well.
Also, China and Russia is part of the equasion, these "people" better think long and hard about any move they make.
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woodsprite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:48 PM
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5. Hey Wait! Who says size doesn't matter?
Oops, wrong forum ;)

Bet you're right! Guess we'll find out May 1st. Wasn't that the date he issued in his ultimatum?
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Career Prole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:48 PM
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6. I'd definitely question the wisdom of showing Iran my back.
They have a real military, after all.
I'm not confident at all of the Iraqi response when our government asks them to cover our backs while we go after Syria, either.
Washington has made an enemy on both flanks, while encamped in a "with friends like these, who needs enemies?" country.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:42 PM
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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:49 PM
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7. True But......
Iran controlls the gulf and the straits of Hormuz.....

and Israel can certainly handle Syria..

:dem: :dem: :dem:
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:06 PM
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9. Too a point
I don't believe they could sustain a long term invasion that it would certainly take, and not all Israelis would be in favor of being drawn into a war.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:29 PM
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11. kick
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 04:57 PM
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ArkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:07 PM
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10. The Middle East is chock full of invincible military colossi.
The US would be in trouble no matter where it turns.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:45 PM
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12. Bush attacks states that are weak, available, not ones that are dangerous
That's why we took out Iraq instead of a place that actually had or would soon have nukes.

Therefore I would expect that Iran would never be attacked. Whether that means Bush will move on to Syria and dump Iraq--in the same way he moved on to Iraq after dumping Afghanistan--is still up in the air.
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DistressedAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:50 PM
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13. Syria Is Just An Appetizer...
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Amfortas Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 05:58 PM
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14. Oh no !!!
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:06 PM
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subterranean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:24 PM
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16. I think they'll surprise us all and invade Lebanon
if Syria doesn't get out by Bush's deadline. We will drive out the Syrian occupiers and replace them with Americans.
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:27 PM
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17. I was thinking that too...
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:34 PM
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18. another kick
please keep this kicked
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:46 PM
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20. another kick....
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 03:33 PM
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23. another kick
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-05 02:49 PM
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22. another kick
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-10-05 06:46 PM
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19. Iran would not fold like Iraq -- and look how tough it's been in Iraq...
I look at that map, and I see Iran with American troops on its west (Iraq) and on its east (Afghanistan). Thus penned in, Iran would seem a logical target.

Which is exactly why your idea about Syria makes sense, Stop_the_War. :thumbsup:
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-05 11:23 AM
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21. It looks like one could fit 3 or 4 entire Iraq's into the area of Iran
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-12-05 03:35 PM
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24. Syria is an oil importer. That is the last place Bush will invade n/t
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