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To: Elroy who wrote (228009)	4/20/2007 9:28:50 AM
From: lazarre	Respond to of 281500

Elroy, I'd like to get the link indicating they have a sizeable and, more important, deliverable cache of bio weapons. If GR is right, her conclusion is also right; Syria would not hesitate to use them on first impulse. GR is also correct: of all the formal military structures in the ME, Syria is top notch vis a vis their Arab brethren. Ashad, though "friendly" with the maniacal mullahs, is not that nutty nor are his direct underkings.Remember, without a shot being fired, Ashad pulled his 10k troops out of Lebanon a few years back after the Syrians murdered the pro-western Lebanese leadership, putting that beleaguered country into shambles after a ten year period of peace and growing prosperity ( what the frig is it with these guys? they just hate seeing people having a good time or what ? )...I was stunned and surprised he had that kind of mindset..then, again, on the other hand, he didn't have much of a choice , did he? So, on second impulse, they may just go : nah. Syrian overlords live high off the hog and might, just might, want to see Iran go down putting them in a mightier military stance in the ME but, then, that might matter little---with a leveled Iran, they might as well say goodbye to the Golan for this century. It will be the calculation of all calculations. If they launch the first bio, they are a dead nation; Ashad knows it won't just be a few hundred F 15's flying over Damascus hunting his ass down. But just 2 projectiles putting an end to Syrian culture for a very long time. I just don't see Syria doin' it. lazarre