And it's Another One Bites The Dust.
Go read. Its short. I won't take away from your daily allotment of pron surfing time, I promise.
the part I find particularly interesting is this:
There are two factors. The first is security in Lebanon. The security in Lebanon is much better than before. They have an army, they have a state, they have institutions. The second thing, which is related to Syria, is that after withdrawing we have to protect our border. We need to talk about our borders, because when Israel invaded in 1982, they reached that point. It was very close to Damascus. So we will need [fortifications for the troops] along the border with Lebanon.
It's convenient, isn't it, as to how the reasons for an invasion will change when it's time to withdraw. One of the reasons Syria invaded Lebanon was the premise that Lebanon's instability was threatening Syria's stability. Or so good ol' Hafez Al Asad always claimed. Now it's all about Israel and shoring their borders up against that threat. Hmmmm. Israel's always a convenient place to put the blame, but I don't think that's the threat he's really worried about.
Hmmmmmm. Very very interesting. We shall see if he actually means what he says when it comes to complete troop withdrawals.
{hat tip: Martini Boy}
Posted by Kathy at March 1, 2005 01:47 PM