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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Our military. Iraq is changed, but not in a way that threatens Syria. It's true that fax machines and jet airplanes have shrunk the world for tyrants just like the rest of us, but I think Assad is too busy running his country to jet off to the Cote d'Azur for the weekend. "A lifting of the feeling of powerlessness amongst subjugated peoples?" Does Hallmark make a card for that now? That's part of Bush's "tone," right?
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Do you think Assad has more fear of our military, or of the people of Lebanon? I suspect that his prime fear isn't a US invasion, but a popular Lebanese uprising. His hold right now in Syria proper is tenuous enough that he likely would rather not start such a process - who knows to where it might spread.
And yeah, I think Hallmark still sells some 4th of July cards.
