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To: Alighieri who wrote (167396)	4/10/2003 7:33:09 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580641

OK. I am glad to hear that...so if someone in high office should sort of start proposing such a thing, I suppose it would find opposition in otherwise supportive partisan circles? I certainly would oppose military action against Syria or Iran at this point. However, I think Syria is going to straighten up its act, and if we need to threaten them and point to Iraq and say, "You could be next" then I think that is fine. It should be clear to Syria that if they don't behave they COULD be next. While it is difficult for liberals to understand, tough, public rhetoric is a key part of diplomacy.

To: Alighieri who wrote (167396)	4/10/2003 9:05:40 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1580641

Al, OK. I am glad to hear that...so if someone in high office should sort of start proposing such a thing, I suppose it would find opposition in otherwise supportive partisan circles? I personally couldn't be more delighted if some way could be found to topple the Syrian dictator, but hopefully without us looking like (and being) the aggressors. I think the US should put pressure on Syria using diplomacy, or other non-lethal method, and let them stew for a while. The situation in Lebanon should be highlighted, any ties to terrosism should be publicized, and case should be made that Syria now is the pariah in the region (which they are). Not that Syria is the only country in the world that is in violation of the UN security council resolution, or that I particularly care about the UN security council resolutions, but Syria has made it a point to the the enemy of the US, for decades and decades, being a client of the defunct Soviet Union. They also happen to be one of the main obstacles to peace in the mid-east, sponsor of terrorism, and just all around nefarious fellows. Now we have a chance to even the score a bit, so we should. Not militarily, but using other means. In Iran, it would be nice if there was a successful push from within. The US should treat Iran very gingerly, because any support lent to pro-democracy forces would just give more ammunition to the clerics. Any possibility of good things happening in Iraq would be the best support the US could give the best support to those in Iraq that don't want to live under a religious fundamentalist government in Iran. Joe