I believe Bri.Gen.Brooks is very articulate and explains the process in the correct way that the armed services wants it explained. He is following orders to the letter.
( By the way... Syria will be next, as they are now sending troops to IRAQ..........Damascus has expedited the passage of volunteers wishing to join the Iraqis in their war against the Americans, Haaretz said Tuesday in an exclusive report, according to which thousands of volunteer, most of them Syrians, are thronging to the Mosul and Kirkuk regions in north Iraq.
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused Damascus of transferring weapons to Iraq, but did not mention the volunteers. On Monday the United States warned Syria and Iran again not to cooperate with terrorism and with Saddam Hussein's regime.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said at the AIPAC convention on Sunday that Syria will have to make a critical choice: "Syria can continue direct support for terrorist groups and the dying regime of Saddam Hussein, or it can embark on a different and more hopeful course. Either way, Syria bears the responsibility for its choices, and for the consequences."
Ratcheting up the war of words
Ratcheting up the war of words with Washington, Syria Tuesday called the U.S.-British invasion of Iraq a "fiasco" and suggested American officials be tried for crimes against humanity.
The English-language Syria Times newspaper - one of several state-run newspapers - said in an editorial that the invasion had proven to be a "major embarrassment" for the U.S. military and has led to anti-U.S. sentiments reaching "unprecedented levels."
"The only way out is to stop the war immediately and hold those responsible for it 'accountable' for their crimes against humanity," the newspaper said.
Commenting on Powell's warning, the Syria Times said Powell had a choice of his own to make: "He can continue direct support for the military in the invasion of Iraq, or he can embark on a different and more hopeful course and quit. "U.S. officials must accept full responsibility for the aggression fiasco," it said. "The war is unjustifiable and illegal." haaretz.com |
