Spiderhole Nightmares

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For those who still doubt that the invasion of Iraq has anything to do with the wave of democratization sweeping across the Middle East and the thus-far impotence of the dictatorships to stop it, the Commissar at the Politburo Diktat noticed this comment from Bashar Assad in an interview with the Turkish press:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under pressure to withdraw troops from Lebanon, insisted he should not be compared to Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to cooperate with international demands, according to an interview released Sunday. … At the end of the interview, which was conducted last week, Assad said: “Please send this message: I am not Saddam Hussein. I want to cooperate.”

Watching Saddam get pulled out of that spider hole by American soldiers has generated an entirely new calculus in the cesspool of tyranny and corruption throughout the Muslim world. When Moammar Gaddafi and Bashar Assad want to assure the West that they aren’t anything like Saddam Hussein, their aim isn’t to convince their people to love them. They want the US to understand that they’ve learned the important lesson that George Bush means exactly what he says.

Assad wants the Turkish press to send that message. Assad could send it himself by getting all the way out of Lebanon and ceasing all support of terrorists. We’ll see if he has learned the lesson well enough.

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For those who still doubt that the invasion of Iraq has anything to do with the wave of democratization sweeping across the Middle East and the thus-far impotence of the dictatorships to stop it, the Commissar at the Politburo Diktat noticed this comment from Bashar Assad in an interview with the Turkish press:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under pressure to withdraw troops from Lebanon, insisted he should not be compared to Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to cooperate with international demands, according to an interview released Sunday. … At the end of the interview, which was conducted last week, Assad said: “Please send this message: I am not Saddam Hussein. I want to cooperate.”

Watching Saddam get pulled out of that spider hole by American soldiers has generated an entirely new calculus in the cesspool of tyranny and corruption throughout the Muslim world. When Moammar Gaddafi and Bashar Assad want to assure the West that they aren’t anything like Saddam Hussein, their aim isn’t to convince their people to love them. They want the US to understand that they’ve learned the important lesson that George Bush means exactly what he says.

Assad wants the Turkish press to send that message. Assad could send it himself by getting all the way out of Lebanon and ceasing all support of terrorists. We’ll see if he has learned the lesson well enough.

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And people doubt that the political climate of the Middle East is affected by the perception of American political will and determination!

When they see us as united and determined, they are much more cooperative than when they see us as divided.

We can win the War on Terror without invanding another country – IF the rulers of those countries believe we have the political will.
 
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And people doubt that the political climate of the Middle East is affected by the perception of American political will and determination!

When they see us as united and determined, they are much more cooperative than when they see us as divided.

We can win the War on Terror without invanding another country – IF the rulers of those countries believe we have the political will.
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"BUSH SENDS HIS GREETINGS!"
That’s what Lebaonese protesters shouted as they watched Assad’s speech yesterday.

From: Rich Lowry
 
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