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Syria Around the Blogosphere
New Yorker in DC and I are having a cross-blog conversation. See Barnett v. Cole on Iranian Involvement in Anti-Iraqi Terrorism here at tdaxp and A defeat for the Iraqi Constitution is a victory for Iraq over at Nykrindc. For a taste:
tdaxp @ tdaxp
Appeasement of the "Arab street" was chucked pretty early in the GWOT. And happily, the "Arab Street" doesn't exist anyway, the cries of State/CIA Orientalists notwithstanding...
nykrindc @ nykrindc
I would question the morality of a government that went into a country to replace a brutal dictator only to cut and run when things got too hot. Leaving us not only less secure, but also leaving the Iraqi people worse off than they were before (the DRC, Somalia being some of the most important examples).
Elsewhere, Syria Comment looks at regime change (or not) while Dawn's Early Light sees Syria cornered.
What is regime change, anyway? Or encirclement?
12:20 Posted by Dan tdaxp in Greater Syria, Iraq | Permalink | Comments (3) | Email this | Tags: syria
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Dan,
My answer, encirclement with the ultimate goal of regime change from within. The US doesn't need to run another post Baathist regime.
Kind regards,
Bill Rice
Posted by: Bill Rice | Saturday, October 22, 2005
Sorry been away since yesterday. Too late today for any further posting. Will resume tomorrow.
Posted by: nykrindc | Monday, October 24, 2005
Nykrindc,
I see that you've already updated the New Yorker in DC discussion page. Thanks! I look forward to this conversaton
Posted by: Dan tdaxp | Monday, October 24, 2005