tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877021302361497708.post1736569396818812017..comments2023-05-17T10:43:43.921-04:00Comments on National Updates: "International" Inspections: A Tool of the PowerfulNourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741879089276139111noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877021302361497708.post-40834883928563505642008-06-24T06:52:00.000-04:002008-06-24T06:52:00.000-04:00That is exactly right Yaman. The US was not reall...That is exactly right Yaman. The US was not really interested in WMD's in Iraq nor is it interested in nuclear weapons in Syria. These are mere pretexts used to target our people. Unfortunately, the entire world either watches idly by as they destroy our countries one by one, or they actively participate in such destruction. We have no choice but to strengthen ourselves so that we may take on this existential threat.Nourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17741879089276139111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877021302361497708.post-50889790256760142362008-06-23T13:01:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:01:00.000-04:00This is not the first time Israel hits Syria's mai...This is not the first time Israel hits Syria's main land and strategic positions. If Syria considers Israel as an enemy why then isn't it responding militarily? The Baath have this cunning political approach which shows they are ready to bow or curve just to avoid confrontation but till when? now they have the IAEA spying on them? Why aren't the syrians adapting Hizballah approach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877021302361497708.post-16412323593214662022008-06-23T13:00:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:00:00.000-04:00This is true--I have never been so cautious in my ...This is true--I have never been so cautious in my life regarding these international institutes/inspections, until I read the chapter in Prem Shankar Jha's "Twilight of the Nation State" laying out the 10 year build up to the second invasion of Iraq, and how the weapons inspection regime was exploited time and time again by the the Clinton administration in order to further impose sanctions on the Iraqis, and later by Bush to declare war. Given too the idiocy and complicity of the American media, which let's face it because of the power of its government more or less sets the effective tone of discussions world-wide, the entire process can be easily distorted and manipulated to give the impression of one side refusing to comply and thus justifying further extreme measures. I hope that Syrian sovereignty is not compromised in this regard and that a precedent for international investigations is not set--this will open the door to ugly horrors, and the whims of the US president to decide when to raise the pressure. I hope too that there is an active media campaign to counter-act the lies and distortions that we can count on any US administration to push regarding Syria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com