AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

09/14/05

The pressure on Syria is being increased, and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a 'border incident' involving a shoot-out between Syrian and American troops. We may be in for a new Tonkin Gulf, leading to an extension of our 'liberatory' efforts in the Middle East. We already have U.S. Ambassador (i.e., Imperial Viceroy) Zalmay Khalilzad making threats, and this, coupled with the ongoing frame-up of Syria over the assassination of Rafik Hariri, will soon put Damascus in the spotlight. Readers of the 'Clean Break' scenario co-authored by Richard Perle and his gang in Washington will be familiar with the strategic rationale advanced by the Likudniks now in positions of power in the Bush administration: the road to Damascus, always considered by Israel the front line in their battle against the Arab world, runs through Baghdad, and this latest propaganda campaign is similar to the one preceding the invasion of Iraq...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp